How common is the surname Spoto?

1,019 people in the United States had the surname Spoto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spoto?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Spoto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spoto?

Donald Spoto, American biographer and theologian (1941–2023).

Where is the surname Spoto most common?

Wikidata records people named Spoto in the United States.

Is the surname Spoto getting more or less common?

More common. 977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Spoto

An Italian surname, carried by 1,019 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spoto is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Spoto.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,019 people named Spoto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 977.

#24,531

rank among US surnames

1,019

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #24,083)

Who is named Spoto

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Spoto identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spotos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donald Spoto
American biographer and theologian (1941–2023)

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Spoto come from?: Borrowed from Italian Spoto.
How common is the surname Spoto?: 1,019 people in the United States had the surname Spoto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spoto?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Spoto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spoto?: Donald Spoto, American biographer and theologian (1941–2023).
Where is the surname Spoto most common?: Wikidata records people named Spoto in the United States.
Is the surname Spoto getting more or less common?: More common. 977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 4.3%.