How common is the surname Fusco?

8,650 people in the United States had the surname Fusco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,693 Americans. It ranked 4,102nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fusco?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fusco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fusco?

Paul Fusco, American puppeteer and actor, known for ALF, followed by John Fusco.

Where is the surname Fusco most common?

Wikidata records people named Fusco in the United States and Cuba.

Is the surname Fusco getting more or less common?

About as common. 8,653 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,650 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Fusco

An Italian surname, carried by 8,650 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fusco is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Fusco.

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 8,650 people named Fusco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,693 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,653.

#4,102

rank among US surnames

8,650

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #3,762)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,099	Samples	8,663	35,640
#4,100	Boothe	8,656	35,668
#4,101	Freeland	8,653	35,681
#4,102	Fusco	8,650	35,693

Who is named Fusco

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

95% of people named Fusco identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fuscos

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Fusco
American puppeteer and actor, known for ALF, born 1953
John Fusco
American screenwriter, writer, martial artist, born 2000
Coco Fusco
American artist (born 1960)
Paul Fusco
American photojournalist (1930-2020)

Notable Fuscos come mostly from the United States (3) and Cuba (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fusco

Fuss

Fusco has the Soundex code F200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F200.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fusco come from?: Borrowed from Italian Fusco.
How common is the surname Fusco?: 8,650 people in the United States had the surname Fusco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,693 Americans. It ranked 4,102nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fusco?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fusco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fusco?: Paul Fusco, American puppeteer and actor, known for ALF, followed by John Fusco.
Where is the surname Fusco most common?: Wikidata records people named Fusco in the United States and Cuba.
Is the surname Fusco getting more or less common?: About as common. 8,653 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,650 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.