The Vaccaro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,766 people carried this name — #5,169 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,672 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vaccaro surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
A surname taken from Sicilian vaccaru (“cowherd”). Found, in any case, also in Old Italian vaccaro, nowadays displaced by the florentine form vaccaio.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vaccaro» (Italian), 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 2,713 people named Vaccaro 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 298 people named Vaccaro.
Most of them — 163 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
291 people named Vaccaro live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/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 100 people named Vaccaro 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 Hainaut.
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
Vaccaro in American newspapers,
1913–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,159 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vaccaro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrea Vaccaro 1604–1670 · painter -
Nicola Vaccaro 1634–1709 · painter
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Francesco Vaccaro 1636–1675 · painter
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Nicola Vaccaro 1640–1709 · painter
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Nicolò Maria Vaccaro 1650–1720 · painter
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Lorenzo Vaccaro 1655–1706 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vaccaro.
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