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The surname Frasca

A surname, carried by 1,541 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F620

Frasca: #18,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Frasca #18,089, 1,541 people Frasca: #18,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Frasca #18,089, 1,541 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frasca is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

From the Italian surname, from the noun frasca (“branch”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,541 people named Frasca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,354 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,493.

#18,089
rank among US surnames
1,541
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+3.2%
change since 2000 (was #17,419)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,089Frasca1,541200,354
#18,090Zeh1,540200,484
#18,098Quayle1,539200,614

Who is named Frasca

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

95% of people named Frasca identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frascas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Pauline Frasca
    Australian rower, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frasca

Frasca has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

Questions

Where does the surname Frasca come from?
From the Italian surname, from the noun frasca (“branch”).
How common is the surname Frasca?
1,541 people in the United States had the surname Frasca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,354 Americans. It ranked 18,089th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frasca?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frasca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frasca?
Pauline Frasca, Australian rower.
Where is the surname Frasca most common?
Wikidata records people named Frasca in Australia.
Is the surname Frasca getting more or less common?
More common. 1,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,541 in 2010, up 3.2%.