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    The surname Veilleux

    A French surname, carried by 2,433 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V420

    Veilleux: #12,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Veilleux #12,692, 2,433 people Veilleux: #12,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Veilleux #12,692, 2,433 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veilleux is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Veilleux.

    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 2,433 people named Veilleux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,899 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,346.

    #12,692
    rank among US surnames
    2,433
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,175)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,683Backstrom2,435126,795
    #12,689Deroche2,434126,847
    #12,692Veilleux2,433126,899
    #12,694Culbert2,432126,951
    #12,696Henao2,431127,004

    Who is named Veilleux

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

    96% of people named Veilleux identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Veilleux come from?
    From French Veilleux.
    How common is the surname Veilleux?
    2,433 people in the United States had the surname Veilleux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,899 Americans. It ranked 12,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Veilleux?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Veilleux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Veilleux getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,433 in 2010, up 3.7%.