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    The surname Damasco

    An Italian surname, carried by 561 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Damasco is more common than 75.8% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian or Spanish Damasco; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 561 people named Damasco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 550,349 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 417.

    #39,212
    rank among US surnames
    561
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.5%
    change since 2000 (was #47,735)

    Who is named Damasco

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

    38% of people named Damasco identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 21% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 35%
    • White (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 5.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Damasco

    Damasco has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Damasco come from?
    Borrowed from Italian or Spanish Damasco; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Damasco?
    561 people in the United States had the surname Damasco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 550,349 Americans. It ranked 39,212th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Damasco?
    In the 2010 Census, 38% of people named Damasco identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 35% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Damasco getting more or less common?
    More common. 417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 561 in 2010, up 35%.