Explore the Family Name Spoto

The meaning of Spoto

Italian (southern): status name from a shortened form of the Greco-Calabrian word codespoto ‘head of a household’ (classical Greek oikodespotēs, from oikos ‘house’ + despotēs ‘master’). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Carmelo, Erminio, Franco, Gaetano, Gino, Giuseppe, Sal, Sebastiano, Vincenza.

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How common is the last name Spoto in the United States?

The surname Spoto's popularity, as per data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a slight decline in rank from 2000 to 2010, dropping from 24,083 to 24,531, indicating a change of -1.86%. However, the actual count of individuals with the Spoto surname increased by 4.3% during the same period, from 977 in 2000 to 1019 in 2010. Despite this increase in count, the proportion per 100k decreased slightly by -2.78%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,083	#24,531	-1.86%
Count	977	1,019	4.3%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.35	-2.78%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Spoto

When it comes to ethnic identity, the census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Spoto surname identified as White, although the percentage dropped slightly from 94.17% in 2000 to 92.54% in 2010. The second most common ethnicity was Hispanic, which showed a significant increase from 4.09% in 2000 to 6.18% in 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black were recorded in 2000 but not in 2010, while those identifying with two or more races saw a small increase from 0.72% to 0.79%. The category for American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at 0% for both years. This data is also based on the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.17%	92.54%	-1.73%
Hispanic	4.09%	6.18%	51.1%
Two or More Races	0.72%	0.79%	9.72%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.51%	0%	0%
Black	0.51%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%