# Veazey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/veazey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,159 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,967 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 143,004 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (2,151 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Facey, Vesey |

## Etymology

Nickname for a cheerful person, from a reduced form of Old French envoisié (“playful, merry”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Veazey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Vaz, Veasey, Vesey, Vega, Voss, Vick, Vaca, Vice, Veach, Vos, Vyas, Vecchio.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.