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    The surname Veasey

    A surname, carried by 1,955 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V200

    Veasey: #15,090 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Veasey #15,090, 1,955 people Veasey: #15,090 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Veasey #15,090, 1,955 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veasey is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,955 people named Veasey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,763.

    #15,090
    rank among US surnames
    1,955
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.9%
    change since 2000 (was #15,299)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,090Palombo1,955157,926
    #15,099Schaible1,954158,007

    Who is named Veasey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    64% of people named Veasey identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Veaseys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marc Veasey
      American politician, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Veasey

    Veasey has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Veasey?
    1,955 people in the United States had the surname Veasey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. It ranked 15,090th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Veasey?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Veasey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Veasey?
    Marc Veasey, American politician.
    Where is the surname Veasey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Veasey in the United States.
    Is the surname Veasey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,955 in 2010, up 11%.