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    The surname Vaca

    A Spanish surname, carried by 7,982 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V200

    Vaca: #4,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vaca #4,444, 7,982 people Vaca: #4,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vaca #4,444, 7,982 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vaca is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Vaca.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,982 people named Vaca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,680 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,831.

    #4,444
    rank among US surnames
    7,982
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,485)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,435Pulley8,00738,559
    #4,436Lacroix8,00338,579
    #4,437Goncalves8,00038,593
    #4,438Tremblay7,99638,612
    #4,439Tanaka7,99438,622
    #4,440Sisco7,99338,627
    #4,441Hendrick7,98838,651

    Who is named Vaca

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

    93% of people named Vaca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Vacas

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joselito Vaca
      Bolivian footballer, born 1982
    • Leonardo Vaca
      Bolivian association football player, born 1995
    • Ervin Vaca
      Bolivian footballer, born 2004

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vaca

    Vaca has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vaca come from?
    From Spanish Vaca.
    How common is the surname Vaca?
    7,982 people in the United States had the surname Vaca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,680 Americans. It ranked 4,444th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vaca?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vaca identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vaca?
    Joselito Vaca, Bolivian footballer, followed by Leonardo Vaca.
    Where is the surname Vaca most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vaca in Bolivia.
    Is the surname Vaca getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,982 in 2010, up 37%.