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    The surname Viscuso

    An Italian nickname surname, carried by 525 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V220

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Viscuso is more common than 74.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Viscuso, a nickname from Sicilian viscusu (“tough, tenacious”).

    Viscuso is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 525 people named Viscuso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 588,087 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 506.

    #41,426
    rank among US surnames
    525
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #40,690)

    Who is named Viscuso

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

    95% of people named Viscuso identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Viscuso come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Viscuso, a nickname from Sicilian viscusu (“tough, tenacious”).
    How common is the surname Viscuso?
    525 people in the United States had the surname Viscuso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 588,087 Americans. It ranked 41,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Viscuso?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Viscuso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Viscuso?
    Viscuso is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Viscuso getting more or less common?
    More common. 506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 525 in 2010, up 3.8%.