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    The surname Velazco

    A surname, carried by 3,282 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V420

    Velazco: #9,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Velazco #9,854, 3,282 people Velazco: #9,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Velazco #9,854, 3,282 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Velazco is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Velasco.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,282 people named Velazco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,072 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,112.

    #9,854
    rank among US surnames
    3,282
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,249)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,848Cavalier3,28593,986
    #9,850Bittle3,28494,015
    #9,853Morello3,28394,044
    #9,854Velazco3,28294,072
    #9,859O'Boyle3,28194,101

    Who is named Velazco

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

    94% of people named Velazco identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Velazco

    Velazco has the Soundex code V420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Velazco come from?
    Variant of Velasco.
    How common is the surname Velazco?
    3,282 people in the United States had the surname Velazco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,072 Americans. It ranked 9,854th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Velazco?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Velazco identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Velazco getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,282 in 2010, up 55%.