The surname Vela
A surname, carried by 25,414 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex V400
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 25,414 people named Vela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,149 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,569.
Who is named Vela
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Vela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Velas
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Filemon VelaAmerican politician (born 1963)
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Vela has the Soundex code V400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V400.
Questions
- How common is the surname Vela?
- 25,414 people in the United States had the surname Vela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,149 Americans. It ranked 1,396th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vela?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Vela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Vela?
- Filemon Vela, American politician (born 1963).
- Where is the surname Vela most common?
- Wikidata records people named Vela in the United States.
- Is the surname Vela getting more or less common?
- More common. 20,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,414 in 2010, up 24%.