Sposito Family Crest & Name History

Behind the Sposito surname stands Esposito, an Italian name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Sposito drops the “e” of Esposito, a shortening that clerks often made.

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