Spadaro: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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Family name meaning

Anyone researching Spadaro should also look under Spada. In origin, the name means “Sword”.

The ending -ro in Spadaro marks an Italian derivative of the root behind Spada. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Spadoni. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Spadaro with 1,765 bearers, at rank 16,327. INSEE counts 228 people born in France with the Spadaro surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1991–2000.

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