Explore the Family Name Vasconcellos

The meaning of Vasconcellos

Portuguese and Galician: variant of Vasconcelos.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Vasconcellos in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Vasconcellos had a slight decrease in popularity ranking between 2000 and 2010, moving from rank 22,821 to 22,944. Despite the drop in rank, the count of individuals with Vasconcellos as their last name increased by 6.39 percent during this decade, reaching a total of 1,115 people by 2010. However, when accounting for the overall increase in U.S. population, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 residents decreased slightly by 2.56 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,821	#22,944	-0.54%
Count	1,048	1,115	6.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.39	0.38	-2.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vasconcellos

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname Vasconcellos, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, increasing marginally from 65.65 percent in 2000 to 69.24 percent in 2010. Over this period, there was also a slight uptick in the percentage of Vasconcellos identifying as Hispanic, rising by 1.25 percent. Meanwhile, those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and two or more races saw significant decreases of 18.38 percent and 38.74 percent respectively. The census also recorded an increase in the Black population and the American Indian and Alaskan Native population with this surname, though these groups remain relatively small in proportion.

	2000	2010	Change
White	65.65%	69.24%	5.47%
Hispanic	13.55%	13.72%	1.25%
Two or More Races	12.88%	7.89%	-38.74%
Black	0%	4.39%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.06%	4.13%	-18.38%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.63%	0%