The esposito Surname

esposito Name Meaning and History

Italian: surname commonly denoting a foundling, meaning literally ‘exposed’ (Latin expositus, past participle of exponere ‘to place outside’). At the present day this is the commonest surname in Naples and fourth in Italy as a whole.

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The esposito name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the esposito family name as far back in history as possible.

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Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of esposito Families in the US in 1920

Number of esposito families

227-451

76-226

1-75

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Any Esposito's nearby	purpleplushpolarbear	0
Chicago Esposito's	Linda Young (Caponigro)	6
Esposito, Joseph	shesse679	1
Nancy, Rachel, & Anthony ESPOSITO	Scott Vickery	8
Guiseppe Esposito and Maria D'antonio	acrews62	3
Esposito	bdecraene	12
Please help me find him!!!	Zina99	0
PA. grandparents	Stanton	1
searching for birth father anthony esposito!	Zina99	4
Gambino relatives	estel326	0

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