Basco Surname
Approximately 27,437 people bear this surname
Basco Surname User-submission:
Bascó, with an accent on the o, comes from the Latin, vascone, meaning 'basque'.
Basco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 22,643 | 1:4,471 | 357 |
| United States | 1,961 | 1:184,834 | 18,426 |
| Italy | 671 | 1:91,143 | 15,727 |
| Spain | 468 | 1:99,898 | 8,161 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Nigeria | 166 | 1:1,067,125 | 44,499 |
| Argentina | 148 | 1:288,807 | 23,114 |
| Canada | 139 | 1:265,076 | 24,993 |
| Taiwan | 104 | 1:225,430 | 1,910 |
| Brazil | 103 | 1:2,078,392 | 65,524 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Australia | 65 | 1:415,318 | 33,226 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Colombia | 59 | 1:809,730 | 8,487 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Ecuador | 18 | 1:883,658 | 13,769 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Bolivia | 16 | 1:663,527 | 4,447 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 1:285,980 | 20,148 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Puerto Rico | 11 | 1:322,740 | 2,767 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
The alternate forms: Bascó (4) are calculated separately.
Basco (1,059) may also be a first name.
Basco Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bascó, with an accent on the o, comes from the Latin, vascone, meaning 'basque'.
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Average Basco Salary in
United States
$45,230 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Basco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basco Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basco (Marathi: बाँक्सो) is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Bascó. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basco? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 19,939th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 265,610 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Basco live; 82 percent live in Southeast Asia and 82 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 245,945th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 1,059 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 22,643 people, or 1 in 4,471. In The Philippines Basco is mostly concentrated in: Central Luzon, where 18 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 18 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 15 percent are found. Besides The Philippines this last name is found in 72 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Italy, where 2 percent are found.
Basco Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Basco has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Basco surname rose 2,927 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Basco Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Basco surname is principally Sunni (33%) in Lebanon and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Basco surname are 8.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.71% being registered with the political party.
The amount Basco earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 21.2% less than the national average, earning €23,663 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.44% more than the national average, earning $25,299,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.82% more than the national average, earning $45,230 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.7% more than the national average, earning $58,478 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basco Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basco in the Marathi language | ||
| बाँक्सो | bamkso | - |
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