The surname Vaquero
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,462 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex V260
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Vaquero, from vaquero (“herdsman”).
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 1,462 people named Vaquero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 898.
Who is named Vaquero
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Vaquero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Vaquero
Vaquero has the Soundex code V260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V260.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Vaquero come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Vaquero, from vaquero (“herdsman”).
- How common is the surname Vaquero?
- 1,462 people in the United States had the surname Vaquero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. It ranked 18,757th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vaquero?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vaquero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Vaquero getting more or less common?
- More common. 898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,462 in 2010, up 63%.