How common is the surname Vega?

116,673 people in the United States had the surname Vega in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,646 Americans. It ranked 261st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vega?

Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, followed by Alexa PenaVega.

Where is the surname Vega most common?

Wikidata records people named Vega in the United States, Argentina and Spain and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Vega?

Vega is /ˈveɪɡə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Vega getting more or less common?

More common. 87,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 116,673 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Vega

A Spanish surname, carried by 116,673 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈveɪɡə/ 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). Vega is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 116,673 people named Vega in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,646 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 87,728.

#261

rank among US surnames

116,673

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+33%

change since 2000 (was #318)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#252	Carlson	120,552	2,561
#253	Austin	119,706	2,579
#254	Dominguez	119,304	2,588
#255	Carr	119,076	2,593
#256	Lawson	119,053	2,593
#257	Jacobs	118,614	2,603
#258	O'Brien	118,557	2,604

Who is named Vega

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

93% of people named Vega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Vegas

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Suzanne Vega
American singer-songwriter, born 1959
Alexa PenaVega
American actress, born 1988
Makenzie Vega
American actress, born 1994
Charlotte Vega
American Spanish actress, born 1994
Leandro Vega
Argentinian association football player, born 1995
Sergio Vega
American bassist (born 1970)
Alan Vega
American singer (1938–2016)
Román Vega
Argentine footballer, born 2004
Janine Pommy Vega
American poet and activist (1942-2010)
Federico Vega
Argentine association football player, born 1993
Sabrina Vega
American gymnast, born 1995
Daniel Vega
Argentine footballer (born 1984)

Notable Vegas come mostly from the United States (7), Argentina (4) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vega

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vega come from?: Borrowed from Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).
How common is the surname Vega?: 116,673 people in the United States had the surname Vega in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,646 Americans. It ranked 261st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vega?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vega?: Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, followed by Alexa PenaVega.
Where is the surname Vega most common?: Wikidata records people named Vega in the United States, Argentina and Spain and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Vega?: Vega is /ˈveɪɡə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Vega getting more or less common?: More common. 87,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 116,673 in 2010, up 33%.