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    The surname Vasconcelos

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 1,330 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V252

    Vasconcelos: #20,088 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vasconcelos #20,088, 1,330 people Vasconcelos: #20,088 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vasconcelos #20,088, 1,330 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vasconcelos is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Vasconcelos.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,330 people named Vasconcelos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 866.

    #20,088
    rank among US surnames
    1,330
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.6%
    change since 2000 (was #26,493)

    Who is named Vasconcelos

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

    63% of people named Vasconcelos identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vasconceloss

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Naná Vasconcelos
      Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016)
    • Michele Vasconcelos
      Association football player, born 1994
    • Lio
      Belgian actress and singer, born 1962
    • Breno Lopes
      Brazilian footballer, born 1996

    Notable Vasconceloss come mostly from Brazil (2), the United States (1) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vasconcelos

    Vasconcelos has the Soundex code V252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V252.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vasconcelos come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Vasconcelos.
    How common is the surname Vasconcelos?
    1,330 people in the United States had the surname Vasconcelos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. It ranked 20,088th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vasconcelos?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Vasconcelos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vasconcelos?
    Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016), followed by Michele Vasconcelos.
    Where is the surname Vasconcelos most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vasconcelos in Brazil, the United States and Belgium.
    Is the surname Vasconcelos getting more or less common?
    More common. 866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,330 in 2010, up 54%.