Find out how popular the last name Sacco is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Sacco.

Sacco, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Sacco surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Sacco in America

Sacco is the 5051st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Sacco surname appeared 6,942 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Sacco.

We can also compare 2010 data for Sacco to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Sacco

The surname Sacco finds its origins in Italy, specifically in the northern regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. It emerged during the Middle Ages, likely derived from the Italian word "sacco," meaning "sack" or "bag." This occupational surname was likely given to individuals involved in the production or trade of sacks or bags, a common profession during that era.

The earliest recorded mention of the Sacco surname dates back to the 13th century in the city of Milan, where a certain Guglielmo Sacco was documented in a municipal record from the year 1276. Around the same period, the Sacco family was also present in the nearby town of Varese, with records indicating their involvement in the local wool trade.

In the 14th century, the name appeared in various historical documents across northern Italy. One notable mention is in the Codice Diplomatico Padovano, a collection of archival records from the city of Padua, where a certain Nicolo Sacco was recorded as a merchant in the year 1342.

As the Sacco family expanded and migrated across Italy, they left their mark in various regions. In the 15th century, a branch of the family settled in the town of Sacco, near Naples, which may have influenced the surname's spelling and pronunciation in that area.

Among the notable individuals bearing the Sacco surname throughout history are:

1. Niccolò Sacco (c. 1490-1558), an Italian humanist scholar and philosopher from Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik).
2. Girolamo Sacco (1515-1588), an Italian architect and military engineer who designed fortifications in Turin and other cities.
3. Bartolomeo Sacco (1570-1642), an Italian painter active in Naples during the Baroque period.
4. Ferdinando Sacco (1642-1696), an Italian composer and organist from Milan.
5. Nicola Sacco (1891-1927), an Italian-born American anarchist who, along with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, was controversially convicted and executed for murder in a highly publicized case in the United States.

The Sacco surname has also been associated with various place names throughout Italy, such as the town of Sacco mentioned earlier, as well as the communes of Saccolongo and Saccolongo Monferrato in the Piedmont region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Sacco

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Sacco.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Sacco was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Sacco has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Sacco was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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