The Speranza surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,430 people carried this name — #17,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Speranza.
Most of them — 100 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
126 people named Speranza live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Speranza live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Speranza.
- Speller 2,377 · U.S. census
- Spencer 134,443 · U.S. census
- Spengler 2,089 · U.S. census
- Spennato 146 · U.S. census
- Spera 1,503 · U.S. census
- Sperandio 266 · U.S. census
- Speroni 255 · U.S. census
- Speth 1,434 · U.S. census
- Spettel 145 · U.S. census
- Spetz 280 · U.S. census
- Speyer 560 · U.S. census
- Spica 299 · U.S. census
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