The Vassallo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,205 people carried this name — #10,050 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,103 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vassallo surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From vassallo (“vassal”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vassallo» (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 2,313 people named Vassallo 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 308 people named Vassallo.
137 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
90 people named Vassallo live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 print
Vassallo in American newspapers,
1921–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,846 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vassallo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Arnaldo Vassallo 1852–1906 · writer -
Paolino Vassallo 1856–1923 · composer -
Annabelle Vassallo d. 2011 · activist
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Anġela Vassallo d. 1863
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Antonio Maria Vassallo 1620–1664 · painter
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Gerolamo Vassallo 1773–1819 · medalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vassallo.
- Vas 445 · U.S. census
- Vasco 735 · U.S. census
- Vasconi 217 · U.S. census
- Vasic 210 · U.S. census
- Vasile 1,110 · U.S. census
- Vasquez 212,781 · U.S. census
- Vassel 512 · U.S. census
- Vasseur 809 · U.S. census
- Vassor 269 · U.S. census
- Vastine 484 · U.S. census
- Vater 602 · U.S. census
- Vautier 213 · U.S. census
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