Explore the Family Name Vescio

The meaning of Vescio

Italian: probably a nickname from Calabrese dialect vesciu ‘cross-eyed person’ or vescia ‘kind of mushroom’. In Italy the surname is most frequent in Calabria, specifically in Lamezia Terme in Catanzaro province. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antonio, Carmela, Ettore, Pasquale, Serafino, Vito.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Vescio has seen minor changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 31,271st most popular surname, while in 2010, it fell slightly to the 32,632nd position. This represents a slight decrease in popularity by 4.35%. However, the overall count of people with this surname increased marginally from 701 in 2000 to 704 in 2010, showing a minimal growth of 0.43%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,271	#32,632	-4.35%
Count	701	704	0.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vescio

The ethnicity data, based on the Decennial U.S. Census, reveals that individuals with the last name Vescio predominantly identify as White. This group made up 97.72% of those with the surname in 2000, which slightly decreased to 94.32% in 2010. There's also a noticeable increase in the number of people identifying their ethnicity as Hispanic, rising from 1% in 2000 to 2.56% in 2010. Additionally, there's an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races, increasing from 0.71% in 2000 to 1.56% in 2010. In 2010, less than 1% identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, while no individuals under this surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.72%	94.32%	-3.48%
Hispanic	1%	2.56%	156%
Two or More Races	0.71%	1.56%	119.72%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.99%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%