The Sposito surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 669 people carried this name — #33,990 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 622 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sposito surname
Apheresis of Esposito.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sposito» (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 1,178 people named Sposito 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 124 people named Sposito.
Most of them — 80 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Isère.
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
39 people named Sposito live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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/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 Sposito,
with a public archive behind them.
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Faele 1922–1981 · screenwriter -
Faele 1922–1981 · screenwriter
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Carlo Sposito 1924–1984 · actor -
Carlo Sposito 1924–1984 · actor
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Luigi Sposito 1921–2004 · Catholic priest
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Luigi Sposito 1921–2004 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sposito.
- Spitz 3,500 · U.S. census
- Spitzer 7,027 · U.S. census
- Spohr 675 · U.S. census
- Spoor 1,487 · U.S. census
- Spor 402 · U.S. census
- Sportiello 129 · U.S. census
- Sprauer 302 · U.S. census
- Spraul 218 · U.S. census
- Sprecher 1,783 · U.S. census
- Spreng 422 · U.S. census
- Sprenger 2,207 · U.S. census
- Spriet 183 · U.S. census
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