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    The surname Vacca

    A surname, carried by 2,586 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V200

    Vacca: #12,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vacca #12,059, 2,586 people Vacca: #12,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vacca #12,059, 2,586 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vacca is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    From the Italian surname, from the noun vacca (“cow”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,586 people named Vacca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,391 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,550.

    #12,059
    rank among US surnames
    2,586
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,352)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,055Evens2,587119,345
    #12,059Vacca2,586119,391
    #12,064Guyette2,585119,437
    #12,068Maradiaga2,584119,484

    Who is named Vacca

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

    89% of people named Vacca identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vaccas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claudio Vacca
      Argentine footballer (1915-1985)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vacca

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vacca come from?
    From the Italian surname, from the noun vacca (“cow”).
    How common is the surname Vacca?
    2,586 people in the United States had the surname Vacca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,391 Americans. It ranked 12,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vacca?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Vacca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vacca?
    Claudio Vacca, Argentine footballer (1915-1985).
    Where is the surname Vacca most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vacca in Argentina.
    Is the surname Vacca getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,586 in 2010, up 1.4%.