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The surname Veitch

A surname, carried by 1,413 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V320

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veitch is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,413 people named Veitch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,396.

#19,210
rank among US surnames
1,413
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+1.2%
change since 2000 (was #18,324)

Who is named Veitch

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

92% of people named Veitch identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Veitch

Veitch has the Soundex code V320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V320.

Questions

How common is the surname Veitch?
1,413 people in the United States had the surname Veitch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. It ranked 19,210th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Veitch?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Veitch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Veitch getting more or less common?
More common. 1,396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,413 in 2010, up 1.2%.