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

Suco, 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 Suco surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Suco in America

Suco is the 160975th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Suco surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Suco.

The history of the last name Suco

The surname SUCO is thought to have originated in the region of central Portugal during the late 15th century. It is believed to be derived from the Portuguese word "súco," meaning "juice" or "sap," which may have been an occupational surname given to those who worked with fruits or plants that produced sap or juice.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the SUCO surname can be found in the parish records of the small village of Teixoso, located in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. In 1489, a man named João SUCO was listed as a landowner and farmer in the area.

As the name spread throughout Portugal, it was sometimes spelled differently, such as "Suco" or "Succo." In the 16th century, a notable figure named Gaspar SUCO (1521-1587) was a prominent merchant and trader based in the coastal city of Porto.

During the Age of Exploration, some individuals bearing the SUCO surname joined the Portuguese navigators and explorers as they ventured into the Americas and other parts of the world. In 1585, a man named Diogo SUCO was listed as a crew member on one of the ships that accompanied the Spanish explorer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés during the colonization of Florida.

As the SUCO surname spread beyond Portugal, it also found its way to other parts of Europe and the Americas. In the late 17th century, a man named Juan SUCO (1658-1721) was a respected landowner and farmer in the region of Andalusia, Spain.

Another notable figure with the SUCO surname was Tomás SUCO (1798-1867), a Brazilian botanist and naturalist who made significant contributions to the study of the Amazon rainforest's flora and fauna during the 19th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Suco

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

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 Suco 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.

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 Suco was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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