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    The surname Veasley

    A surname, carried by 1,290 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V240

    Veasley: #20,553 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Veasley #20,553, 1,290 people Veasley: #20,553 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Veasley #20,553, 1,290 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veasley is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,290 people named Veasley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,086.

    #20,553
    rank among US surnames
    1,290
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,185)

    Who is named Veasley

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

    90% of people named Veasley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Veasley

    Veasley has the Soundex code V240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Veasley?
    1,290 people in the United States had the surname Veasley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Veasley?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Veasley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Veasley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, up 19%.