The Frasca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,541 people carried this name — #18,089 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,493 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Frasca surname
From the Italian surname, from the noun frasca (“branch”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Frasca» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 481 people named Frasca live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 126 people named Frasca.
Most of them — 78 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
71 people named Frasca live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frasca.
- Franzi 214 · U.S. census
- Franzini 236 · U.S. census
- Franzoni 477 · U.S. census
- Frappier 988 · U.S. census
- Frare 102 · U.S. census
- Fras 138 · U.S. census
- Fraser 25,961 · U.S. census
- Frater 642 · U.S. census
- Frati 198 · U.S. census
- Fraticelli 762 · U.S. census
- Fratini 244 · U.S. census
- Fratoni 122 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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