The Velasco surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,078 people carried this name — #1,061 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,920 people counted. That is up 43% from 23,114 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Velasco surname
Borrowed from Spanish.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Velasco» (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 6,527 people named Velasco 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 393 people named Velasco.
186 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Paris.
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
191 people named Velasco live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 the Nordic population registers
99 people named Velasco are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Velasco in American newspapers,
1897–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,192 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Velasco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luisa Sigea de Velasco 1522–1560 · poet -
Luis de Velasco 1530–1606 · painter -
Louise Dellano y Velasco 1662–1735 · nun -
Giuseppe Velasco 1750–1827 · painter -
Antônio Joaquim Franco Velasco 1780–1833 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 224 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Velasco.
- Veillard 276 · U.S. census
- Veilleux 2,433 · U.S. census
- Veillon 897 · U.S. census
- Veit 2,481 · U.S. census
- Veith 2,132 · U.S. census
- Vela 25,414 · U.S. census
- Velasquez 80,364 · U.S. census
- Vele 344 · U.S. census
- Veler 126 · U.S. census
- Velez 53,265 · U.S. census
- Velin 184 · U.S. census
- Vella 4,051 · U.S. census
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