How common is the surname Vicente?

10,789 people in the United States had the surname Vicente in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,617 Americans. It ranked 3,326th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vicente?

Manuel Vicente, Angolan politician, followed by Lohaynny Vicente.

Where is the surname Vicente most common?

Wikidata records people named Vicente in Brazil and Angola.

Is the surname Vicente getting more or less common?

More common. 6,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,789 in 2010, up 69%.

Is Vicente also a first name?

Yes. Vicente is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Vicente

A Spanish surname, carried by 10,789 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V253 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vicente is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Vicente. Doublet of Vincent.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,789 people named Vicente in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,617 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,374.

#3,326

rank among US surnames

10,789

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+69.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,049)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,317	Pauley	10,809	28,564
#3,318	Haddad	10,804	28,577
#3,319	Reiter	10,802	28,582
#3,320	Van	10,798	28,593
#3,322	Robins	10,797	28,595
#3,323	Laney	10,796	28,598
#3,324	Custer	10,790	28,614

Who is named Vicente

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

74% of people named Vicente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Vicentes

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Manuel Vicente
Angolan politician, born 1956
Lohaynny Vicente
Badminton player, born 1996
Astrida Vicente
Angolan basketball player (born 1978)
Luana Vicente
Badminton player, born 1994
Gianne Albertoni
Brazilian actress and model, born 1981

Notable Vicentes come mostly from Brazil (3) and Angola (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vicente

Visconti

Vicente has the Soundex code V253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V253.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vicente come from?: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Vicente. Doublet of Vincent.
How common is the surname Vicente?: 10,789 people in the United States had the surname Vicente in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,617 Americans. It ranked 3,326th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vicente?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Vicente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vicente?: Manuel Vicente, Angolan politician, followed by Lohaynny Vicente.
Where is the surname Vicente most common?: Wikidata records people named Vicente in Brazil and Angola.
Is the surname Vicente getting more or less common?: More common. 6,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,789 in 2010, up 69%.
Is Vicente also a first name?: Yes. Vicente is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.