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Esposito
Esposito ((:eˈspɔːzito)) is a very common Italian surname. It ranks 4th among the most widespread surnames in Italy. Although it is frequent throughout the country, it is especially prevalent in the Campania region and, most specifically, in the Naples area.〔http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/e/bl_name-ESPOSITO.htm〕
==Etymology and history==
Etymologically, this surname is thought to derive from Latin ''expositus'' (Italian ''esposto'', Old Italian or dialect ''esposito''), which is the past participle of the Latin verb ''exponere'' ("to place outside", "to expose") and literally means "placed outside", "exposed".〔Ottorino Pianigiani, ''Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana, di Ottorino Pianigiani'', Roma-Milano, Società editrice Dante Alighieri di Albrighi, Segati e c., 1907〕
Italian tradition claims that the surname was given to foundlings who were abandoned or given up for adoption and handed over to an orphanage (an ''Ospizio degli esposti'' in Italian, literally a "home or hospice of the exposed"). They were called ''espositi'' because they would get abandoned and "exposed" in a public place. Some orphanages maintained a so-called ''Ruota degli esposti'' (English: "Wheel of the exposed") where abandoned children could be placed. After the unification of Italy, laws were introduced forbidding the practice of giving surnames that reflected a child's origins.
As a surname, Esposito has produced a number of variants throughout modern Italy, such as D'Esposito, Degli Esposti, Esposti, Esposto, Sposito, etc. Other variants are also found in the Spanish-speaking world, for example Espósito and Expósito.
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