Last Name VAZQUEZ

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Son of Vasco or Velasco.

Origin	Spanish, Jewish, Filipino, Belgian

Rank	328 (2000 US census)	516 (1990 US census)

Count	84,926 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

4.6%, or 3907 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.34%, or 289 total occurrences, as black,
0.19%, or 161 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.09%, or 76 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.27%, or 229 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
94.52%, or 80272 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.