The Vaquero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,462 people carried this name — #18,757 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 63% from 898 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vaquero surname
Borrowed from Spanish Vaquero, from vaquero (“herdsman”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vaquero» (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 1,453 people named Vaquero 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 119 people named Vaquero.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Gironde.
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
32 people named Vaquero live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Vaquero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eloy Vaquero Cantillo 1888–1960 · teacher -
Joaquín Vaquero Palacios 1900–1998 · architect -
Tomás Vaquero 1914–1992 · Catholic priest
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Joaquín Vaquero Turcios 1933–2010 · architect
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Antonio Vaquero Poblador 1933–2004 · painter and varnisher
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María Vaquero 1937–2008 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vaquero.
- Vanparys 245 · U.S. census
- Vanroy 297 · U.S. census
- Vanson 252 · U.S. census
- Vansteenkiste 137 · U.S. census
- Vanthournout 104 · U.S. census
- Vanzo 196 · U.S. census
- Vaquez 389 · U.S. census
- Var 246 · U.S. census
- Vardon 131 · U.S. census
- Vare 132 · U.S. census
- Varela 26,621 · U.S. census
- Varga 6,201 · U.S. census
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