The Spinosa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 932 people carried this name — #26,229 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 956 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Spinosa surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
From the feminine form of spinoso (“thorny”), probably used as a nickname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spinosa» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 497 people named Spinosa live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 179 people named Spinosa.
Most of them — 103 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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
36 people named Spinosa live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Spinosa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domenico Spinosa 1916–2007 · painter
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Oscar Spinosa Melo 1942– · diplomat
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Nicola Spinosa 1943– · civil servant
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Gary P. Spinosa 1947–
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Massimo Spinosa 1954– · bassist
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Carmine Spinosa 1959– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spinosa.
- Spina 4,453 · U.S. census
- Spinazzola 328 · U.S. census
- Spindler 3,648 · U.S. census
- Spinella 1,416 · U.S. census
- Spinelli 5,332 · U.S. census
- Spinner 3,420 · U.S. census
- Spinosi 196 · U.S. census
- Spire 369 · U.S. census
- Spiteri 607 · U.S. census
- Spittler 863 · U.S. census
- Spitz 3,500 · U.S. census
- Spitzer 7,027 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Spinosa is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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