# Velasco (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/velasco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 33,078 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,061 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,334 people |
| Change since 2000 | +43% (23,114 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Velasco in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 82% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 11% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Velasco in Peru, Argentina, Colombia and the United States.

## People named Velasco

- Juan Velasco Alvarado, 50th President of Peru (1910-1977)
- Alan Velasco, Argentine association football player
- Edwin Velasco, association football player
- Omar Apollo, American singer-songwriter (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Velazco, Vales, Veloso, Velez, Vallejo, Valles, Volk, Veliz, Voyles, Veloz, Volz, Veilleux.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.