How common is the surname Veatch?

2,116 people in the United States had the surname Veatch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,910 Americans. It ranked 14,191st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Veatch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Veatch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Veatch?

Dan Veatch, American Olympic swimmer.

Where is the surname Veatch most common?

Wikidata records people named Veatch in the United States.

Is the surname Veatch getting more or less common?

More common. 2,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,116 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Veatch

A surname, carried by 2,116 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veatch is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,116 people named Veatch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,910 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,077.

#14,191

rank among US surnames

2,116

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,440)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,184	Pusateri	2,117	145,841
#14,191	Majano	2,116	145,910
#14,197	Riggio	2,115	145,979

Who is named Veatch

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

95% of people named Veatch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Veatchs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Veatch
American Olympic swimmer, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Veatch

Veatch has the Soundex code V320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V320.

Questions

How common is the surname Veatch?: 2,116 people in the United States had the surname Veatch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,910 Americans. It ranked 14,191st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Veatch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Veatch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Veatch?: Dan Veatch, American Olympic swimmer.
Where is the surname Veatch most common?: Wikidata records people named Veatch in the United States.
Is the surname Veatch getting more or less common?: More common. 2,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,116 in 2010, up 1.9%.