How common is the surname Sacco?

6,942 people in the United States had the surname Sacco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,475 Americans. It ranked 5,051st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sacco?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sacco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sacco?

Albert Sacco, American astronaut, followed by Joe Sacco.

Where is the surname Sacco most common?

Wikidata records people named Sacco in the United States.

Is the surname Sacco getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,942 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Sacco

An Italian surname, carried by 6,942 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sacco is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

A surname from Italian.

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 6,942 people named Sacco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,475 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,008.

#5,051

rank among US surnames

6,942

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,043	Heffernan	6,961	44,354
#5,045	Real	6,959	44,366
#5,046	Yeh	6,958	44,373
#5,047	Beeson	6,952	44,411
#5,048	Beardsley	6,950	44,424
#5,049	Woolsey	6,949	44,430
#5,050	Apple	6,948	44,437

Who is named Sacco

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

95% of people named Sacco identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saccos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Albert Sacco
American astronaut, born 1949
Joe Sacco
American ice hockey player and coach, born 1969
Lou Christie
American singer, 1943–2025

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sacco

Sacco has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sacco come from?: Sacco is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Sacco?: 6,942 people in the United States had the surname Sacco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,475 Americans. It ranked 5,051st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sacco?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sacco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sacco?: Albert Sacco, American astronaut, followed by Joe Sacco.
Where is the surname Sacco most common?: Wikidata records people named Sacco in the United States.
Is the surname Sacco getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,942 in 2010, down 0.9%.