How common is the surname Veloso?

1,117 people in the United States had the surname Veloso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. It ranked 22,906th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Veloso?

In the 2010 Census, 38% of people named Veloso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Veloso?

Caetano Veloso, Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist, followed by Léo Veloso.

Where is the surname Veloso most common?

Wikidata records people named Veloso in Brazil.

Is the surname Veloso getting more or less common?

More common. 846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,117 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Veloso

A Portuguese surname, carried by 1,117 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veloso is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

Portuguese, Filipino, and Hispanic surname, either borrowed from Portuguese or Galician (via Spanish).

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 1,117 people named Veloso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 846.

#22,906

rank among US surnames

1,117

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+32%

change since 2000 (was #26,968)

Who is named Veloso

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

38% of people named Veloso identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 38%
Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23%
Two or more races 2.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Velosos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Caetano Veloso
Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist, born 1942
Léo Veloso
Brazilian association football player, born 1987
Eurico dos Santos Veloso
Brazilian bishop (1933–2023)
Juliana Veloso
Brazilian diver, born 1980
Maria Bethânia
Brazilian singer, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Veloso

Veloso has the Soundex code V420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V420.

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Veloso come from?: Portuguese, Filipino, and Hispanic surname, either borrowed from Portuguese or Galician (via Spanish).
How common is the surname Veloso?: 1,117 people in the United States had the surname Veloso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. It ranked 22,906th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Veloso?: In the 2010 Census, 38% of people named Veloso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Veloso?: Caetano Veloso, Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist, followed by Léo Veloso.
Where is the surname Veloso most common?: Wikidata records people named Veloso in Brazil.
Is the surname Veloso getting more or less common?: More common. 846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,117 in 2010, up 32%.