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    The surname Veiga

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 1,476 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V200

    Veiga: #18,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Veiga #18,640, 1,476 people Veiga: #18,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Veiga #18,640, 1,476 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veiga is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    A surname from Portuguese.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,476 people named Veiga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,177 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,252.

    #18,640
    rank among US surnames
    1,476
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,865)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,633Cuyler1,477209,036
    #18,640Nees1,476209,177
    #18,648Spafford1,475209,319

    Who is named Veiga

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

    51% of people named Veiga identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Veigas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Raphael Veiga
      Brazilian association football player, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Veiga

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

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Veiga come from?
    Veiga is Portuguese in origin.
    How common is the surname Veiga?
    1,476 people in the United States had the surname Veiga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,177 Americans. It ranked 18,640th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Veiga?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Veiga identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Veiga?
    Raphael Veiga, Brazilian association football player.
    Where is the surname Veiga most common?
    Wikidata records people named Veiga in Brazil.
    Is the surname Veiga getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,476 in 2010, up 18%.