Frequency: (166)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: possibly from a feminine form of the personal name Tasco, but more likely a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bags and pouches, from tasca ‘bag’, ‘pouch’. Compare Old High German tasca.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 17%. Angelo (4), Antonio (2), Amedeo, Carmelo, Domenic, Gino, Pasquale.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
