What We Know About the Jaso Surname

Not every Jaso is related, but the name itself grew out of Jasso. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “From Jaso”. Jaso drops the “s” of Jasso, a simplification that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Jaso ranked 23,737 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,066 people answering to the name. 79% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino. In Spain, the INE population register lists 597 people with Jaso as their first surname and 556 as their second.

There is no single Jaso family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Jaso report, with a museum-style coat of arms.