Spinosa

Borrowed from Italian Spinosa.

Spinosa (plural Spinosas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Spinosa is the 26229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 932 individuals. Spinosa is most common among White (91.95%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spinosa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Pasions, Passion, passion, saposin

From the feminine form of spinoso (“thorny”), probably used as a nickname.

Spinosa m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the nickname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025