How common is the surname Veazey?

2,159 people in the United States had the surname Veazey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. It ranked 13,967th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Veazey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,159 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Veazey

A French nickname surname, carried by 2,159 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veazey is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

Veazey is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,159 people named Veazey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,151.

#13,967

rank among US surnames

2,159

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,058)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,959	Milliron	2,161	142,872
#13,964	Buentello	2,160	142,938
#13,967	Veazey	2,159	143,004
#13,974	Barkman	2,158	143,070
#13,976	Sarkar	2,157	143,137

Who is named Veazey

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

88% of people named Veazey identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Veazey

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Veazey come from?: Nickname for a cheerful person, from a reduced form of Old French envoisié (“playful, merry”).
How common is the surname Veazey?: 2,159 people in the United States had the surname Veazey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,004 Americans. It ranked 13,967th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Veazey?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Veazey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Veazey?: Veazey is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Veazey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,159 in 2010, up 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Veazey?: Facey and Vesey.