# Vega (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vega/  
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 Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 116,673 |
| US rank (2010) | 261 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,646 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (87,728 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈveɪɡə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vega 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) | 5.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vega in the United States, Argentina, Spain and Cuba.

## People named Vega

- Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter
- Alexa PenaVega, American actress
- Makenzie Vega, American actress
- Charlotte Vega, American Spanish actress
- Leandro Vega, Argentinian association football player
- Sergio Vega, American bassist (born 1970)
- Alan Vega, American singer (1938–2016)
- Román Vega, Argentine footballer
- Janine Pommy Vega, American poet and activist (1942-2010)
- Federico Vega, Argentine association football player
- Sabrina Vega, American gymnast
- Daniel Vega, Argentine footballer (born 1984)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Veiga, Veach, Voss, Vick, Vaca, Vice, Vos, Vyas, Vecchio, Vacca, Vass, Vess.

## 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.