How common is the surname Vento?

2,555 people in the United States had the surname Vento in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. It ranked 12,192nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vento?

In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Vento identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vento?

Bruce Vento, American politician (1940-2000).

Where is the surname Vento most common?

Wikidata records people named Vento in the United States.

Is the surname Vento getting more or less common?

More common. 2,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,555 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Vento

An Italian surname, carried by 2,555 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vento is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

A surname from Italian.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,555 people named Vento in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,391.

#12,192

rank among US surnames

2,555

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,186	Gayton	2,557	120,745
#12,188	Alldredge	2,556	120,792
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840
#12,198	Moro	2,554	120,887
#12,199	Baney	2,553	120,934

Who is named Vento

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

66% of people named Vento identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ventos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bruce Vento
American politician (1940-2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vento

Venuti

Vento has the Soundex code V530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V530.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vento come from?: Vento is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Vento?: 2,555 people in the United States had the surname Vento in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. It ranked 12,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vento?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Vento identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vento?: Bruce Vento, American politician (1940-2000).
Where is the surname Vento most common?: Wikidata records people named Vento in the United States.
Is the surname Vento getting more or less common?: More common. 2,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,555 in 2010, up 6.9%.