How common is the surname Veloz?

5,173 people in the United States had the surname Veloz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,684 Americans. It ranked 6,546th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Veloz getting more or less common?

More common. 3,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,173 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Veloz

A surname, carried by 5,173 people in the United States.

2 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). Veloz is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,173 people named Veloz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,684 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,757.

#6,546

rank among US surnames

5,173

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+37.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,128)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,539	Milian	5,181	59,592
#6,540	Delosreyes	5,177	59,638
#6,542	Leffler	5,176	59,649
#6,546	Berglund	5,173	59,684
#6,548	Cannady	5,172	59,696
#6,551	Peppers	5,171	59,707

Who is named Veloz

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

94% of people named Veloz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Veloz

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

Questions

How common is the surname Veloz?: 5,173 people in the United States had the surname Veloz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,684 Americans. It ranked 6,546th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Veloz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Veloz identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Veloz getting more or less common?: More common. 3,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,173 in 2010, up 38%.