Sacco Surname
Approximately 48,908 people bear this surname
Sacco Surname Definition:
(Italian, German) Descendant of Sacco, a pet form of Isacco or Isaak (he who laughs); descendant of Sacco, a pet form of names beginning with Sache (legal action), such as Sacbert and Saghart; one who made and sold sackcloth.
Read More About This SurnameSacco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 24,837 | 1:2,462 | 180 |
| United States | 9,744 | 1:37,198 | 4,606 |
| Rwanda | 3,411 | 1:3,332 | 821 |
| Argentina | 3,128 | 1:13,665 | 1,232 |
| Brazil | 1,375 | 1:155,690 | 5,981 |
| France | 1,117 | 1:59,465 | 7,993 |
| Canada | 947 | 1:38,908 | 4,876 |
| Australia | 836 | 1:32,292 | 4,277 |
| Malta | 547 | 1:787 | 105 |
| Belgium | 397 | 1:28,959 | 4,652 |
| South Africa | 371 | 1:146,032 | 16,656 |
| Uruguay | 362 | 1:9,480 | 1,056 |
| England | 358 | 1:155,637 | 14,724 |
| Germany | 219 | 1:367,605 | 35,039 |
| Switzerland | 184 | 1:44,635 | 6,135 |
| Ecuador | 130 | 1:122,353 | 6,626 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Spain | 113 | 1:413,735 | 22,335 |
| Kenya | 103 | 1:448,349 | 23,733 |
| Philippines | 84 | 1:1,205,217 | 94,524 |
| Chile | 74 | 1:238,060 | 7,251 |
| Venezuela | 72 | 1:419,501 | 8,522 |
| Paraguay | 48 | 1:150,766 | 3,103 |
| Peru | 44 | 1:722,366 | 16,614 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Colombia | 32 | 1:1,492,940 | 10,821 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| San Marino | 2 | 1:16,607 | 796 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Saccò (26) & Saçço (1) are calculated separately.
Sacco (511) may also be a first name.
Sacco Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian, German) Descendant of Sacco, a pet form of Isacco or Isaak (he who laughs); descendant of Sacco, a pet form of names beginning with Sache (legal action), such as Sacbert and Saghart; one who made and sold sackcloth.
User-submitted Reference
Sacco is a surname which has its roots in northern Italy; to be specific, the Piedmont region (Piemonte), from where it spread all over Italy. There's still a high incidence in the whole North Italy and Sicily.
Sacco has a humble meaning, as it literally means 'bag', like the ones used for vegetables, potatoes and such.
- dinoobSacco Demographics
Average Male Sacco Height
174.09 cm
Average Female Sacco Height
161.38 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sacco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sacco Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sacco is held by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Saccò or Saçço. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sacco? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,500th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 149,005 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Sacco are found; 52 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 52 percent are found in Italic Europe. Sacco is also the 374,142nd most widely held first name on earth, held by 511 people.
It is most numerous in Italy, where it is borne by 24,837 people, or 1 in 2,462. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Piedmont, where 25 percent reside, Campania, where 13 percent reside and Lazio, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Italy this surname occurs in 75 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Rwanda, where 7 percent reside.
Sacco Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sacco has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sacco last name expanded 139,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sacco Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sacco surname are 0.23999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.99% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sacco earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning €30,831 per year; in Peru they earn 32.54% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,693 per year; in South Africa they earn 33.07% more than the national average, earning R 316,236 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.53% less than the national average, earning $16,678,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.6% more than the national average, earning $49,019 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.83% more than the national average, earning $57,051 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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