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The Vasco surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 735 people carried this name — #31,482 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 716 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Vasco surname

Borrowed from Portuguese Vasco; see there for more.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vasco» (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 411 people named Vasco 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 167
Misiones 43
Jujuy 40
City of Buenos Aires 38
Mendoza 28
Chaco 22
Neuquén 19
Santa Fe 18

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 76 people named Vasco.

Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 43
Hauts-de-Seine 11
Paris 5
Moselle 2
Seine-Maritime 2
Nord 2
Gard 2
Val-d’Oise 1
Gironde 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

47 people named Vasco live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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

Vaud 17
Geneva 16
Zurich 14

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 Vasco,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Vasco 1675–1749 · Catholic priest
  • Giambattista Vasco 1733–1796 · economist
  • José Vasco 1790–1844 · composer
  • Enrico Vasco 1813–1899 · teacher
  • Eusebio Vasco 1860–1939 · writer
  • Aldo Vasco 1916–1999 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Vasco.

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