# Pacheco (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pacheco/  
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) | 77,642 |
| US rank (2010) | 419 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,977 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (58,534 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pacheco 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) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pacheco in Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and Peru.

## People named Pacheco

- Gregorio Pacheco, Bolivia presidente (1823–1899)
- Nilton Pacheco, basketball player (1920–2013)
- Rodrigo Pacheco, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 67th president of the Federal Senate from Brazil (2021–20
- Alex Pacheco, American activist
- Germán Pacheco, Argentine footballer
- Antonio Pacheco Massó, baseball player
- Maria Clara Pacheco, Brazilian taekwondo practitioner (born 2003)
- Richard Pacheco, American pornographic actor
- Isiah Pacheco, American football player (born 1999)
- Fernando Pacheco, association football player
- Eder Pacheco, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Larissa Pacheco, Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Peacock, Pegues, Picazo, Piasecki, Pozos, Pascucci, Pocock, Pazos, Pesek, Pajak, Posas.

## 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.