Vaca Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Vaca belongs to the Baca family of names, which has Spanish roots. The family name meaning is “Cow”, the same as for Baca.

• The two spellings differ in a small detail: Vaca has “v” where Baca has “b”.
• The 2010 census count for Vaca in the United States was 7,982, good for rank 4,444. Of these, 93% identified as Hispanic or Latino. In the Spanish register, Vaca appears 6,410 times as a first surname and 7,143 times as a second one.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Vaca coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Baca surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. For the full story, order the Vaca surname pack.