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    The surname Wasko

    A surname, carried by 1,708 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W200

    Wasko: #16,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wasko #16,743, 1,708 people Wasko: #16,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wasko #16,743, 1,708 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wasko is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Polish Waśko.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,708 people named Wasko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,764 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,815.

    #16,743
    rank among US surnames
    1,708
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,734Forbush1,709180,659
    #16,743Petti1,708180,764
    #16,748Bruss1,707180,870

    Who is named Wasko

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

    96% of people named Wasko identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Washko

    Surnames that sound like Wasko

    Wasko has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wasko come from?
    From Polish Waśko.
    How common is the surname Wasko?
    1,708 people in the United States had the surname Wasko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,764 Americans. It ranked 16,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wasko?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wasko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wasko getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,708 in 2010, down 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Wasko?
    Washko.