Espirito

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ispiɾitu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Espirito is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In São Tomé & Príncipe it is the 4th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 2.3K(measured from records)
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 13K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 131K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

93,139 people

Sources
120 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Espirito counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Espirito is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#21193,1391 in 2.3K93KEspirito120
AO Angola#551≈940 est.≈1 in 35K—Espirito22
PH Philippines—≈830 est.≈1 in 131K—Espirito9
PT Portugal#417≈820 est.≈1 in 13K—Espirito64
FR France—≈230 est.≈1 in 293K—Espirito4
ST São Tomé & Príncipe#4———Espirito8

93,139 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Espirito is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, United States, Australia

    Languages: Portuguese, English, German

    Also written Espírito

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Philippines, Portugal

    Also written Espírito, Espiríto

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Espiríto, Espírito

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Espírito

  • Finnish name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Espírito

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Also written Espírito

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Italy

    Also written Espírito

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalPrezado(a) Espirito,Dear Espirito, (English)
InformalPrezado(a) Espirito,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Espirito
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—93K#292

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Espirito?
A machine transcription gives /ispiɾitu/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
In which country does Espirito have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 93 thousand people named Espirito, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled espirito.
Where is Espirito most common?
Espirito is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.3 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Espirito?
In Brazil, the national register counted 93,139 people named Espirito, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
How common is Espirito compared with other names?
In Brazil, Espirito is the 211th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Espirito” — the 211th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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