# Veiga (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/veiga/  
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 Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,476 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,640 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 209,177 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (1,252 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Veiga 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) | 51% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 26% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Veiga in Brazil.

## People named Veiga

- Raphael Veiga, Brazilian association football player

## Similar surnames

Vega, Vig, Voss, Vick, Vaca, Vice, Veach, Vos, Vyas, Vecchio, Vacca, Vass.

## 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.