The Pacheco surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 58,534 people carried this name — #512 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,610 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
572 people named Pacheco live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 332 people named Pacheco.
Most of them — 199 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Aude.
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 print
Pacheco in American newspapers,
1849–1953.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,109 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pacheco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lopo Fernandes Pacheco, 7.º senhor de Ferreira de Aves 1280–1349 -
Pedro Pacheco de Villena 1488–1560 · Catholic priest -
Francisco Pacheco 1488–1541 · military personnel -
María Pacheco 1496–1531 -
Alfons Pacheco 1551–1583 · missionary
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 187 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pacheco.
- Pabon 5,481 · U.S. census
- Pabst 2,331 · U.S. census
- Pac 439 · U.S. census
- Pace 38,975 · U.S. census
- Pacey 507 · U.S. census
- Pache 284 · U.S. census
- Pacher 164 · U.S. census
- Pacholski 443 · U.S. census
- Pachon 288 · U.S. census
- Paci 513 · U.S. census
- Pacifico 1,458 · U.S. census
- Pacini 1,095 · U.S. census
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