How common is the surname Basco?

1,436 people in the United States had the surname Basco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. It ranked 18,984th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Basco?

In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Basco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Basco?

Dante Basco, American actor and rapper, followed by Ella Jay Basco.

Where is the surname Basco most common?

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

Is the surname Basco getting more or less common?

More common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,436 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Basco

A surname, carried by 1,436 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Basco is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,436 people named Basco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,362.

#18,984

rank among US surnames

1,436

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,645)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,977	Callas	1,437	214,854
#18,984	Arbaugh	1,436	215,004

Who is named Basco

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

49% of people named Basco identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bascos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dante Basco
American actor and rapper, born 1975
Ella Jay Basco
American actress, born 2006
Dion Basco
American actor, born 1977

Notable Bascos come mostly from the United States (2) and Korea (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Basco

Basco has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Basco?: 1,436 people in the United States had the surname Basco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,004 Americans. It ranked 18,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Basco?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Basco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Basco?: Dante Basco, American actor and rapper, followed by Ella Jay Basco.
Where is the surname Basco most common?: Wikidata records people named Basco in the United States and Korea.
Is the surname Basco getting more or less common?: More common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,436 in 2010, up 5.4%.