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    The surname Vicario

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,212 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V260

    Vicario: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vicario #21,535, 1,212 people Vicario: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vicario #21,535, 1,212 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vicario is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Vicario.

    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 1,212 people named Vicario in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,097.

    #21,535
    rank among US surnames
    1,212
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #22,033)

    Who is named Vicario

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

    50% of people named Vicario identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 48% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vicario

    Vicario has the Soundex code V260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V260.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vicario come from?
    Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Vicario.
    How common is the surname Vicario?
    1,212 people in the United States had the surname Vicario in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. It ranked 21,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vicario?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Vicario identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 48% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Vicario getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,212 in 2010, up 11%.