# Basco (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/basco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,436 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,984 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 215,004 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (1,362 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Basco in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 36% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Basco in the United States and Korea.

## People named Basco

- Dante Basco, American actor and rapper
- Ella Jay Basco, American actress
- Dion Basco, American actor

## Similar surnames

Bosco, Bass, Baca, Bach, Back, Bays, Basso, Bash, Basu, Bausch, Baas, Basch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.