The Vacca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,586 people carried this name — #12,059 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 113,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,550 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vacca surname
From the Italian surname, from the noun vacca (“cow”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vacca» (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 1,220 people named Vacca 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 395 people named Vacca.
120 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Var.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
107 people named Vacca live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 53 people named Vacca live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Vacca in American newspapers,
1909–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,432 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vacca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Vacca 1778–1854 · painter -
Giuseppe Vacca 1810–1876 · politician -
Antonio Vacca 1520–1581 · priest
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Flaminio Vacca 1538–1605 · sculptor
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Angelo Vacca 1783–1823 · painter
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Giovanni Vacca 1787–1839 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vacca.
When the index is not enough
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