How common is the surname Vera?

33,674 people in the United States had the surname Vera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,169 Americans. It ranked 1,031st of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Vera?

Vera is /ˈvɪə.ɹə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Vera getting more or less common?

More common. 24,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,674 in 2010, up 37%.

Is Vera also a first name?

Yes. Vera is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Vera

A Spanish surname, carried by 33,674 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈvɪə.ɹə/ 2 syllables Soundex V600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vera is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed in the nineteenth century from the Russian virtue name Ве́ра (Véra, “faith”). By folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera (“true”).

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,674 people named Vera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,169 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,553.

#1,031

rank among US surnames

33,674

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+37.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,319)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,022	Joyce	34,132	9,046
#1,023	McKnight	34,055	9,066
#1,024	Gamble	34,005	9,079
#1,025	Downs	33,922	9,102
#1,026	Pierre	33,913	9,104
#1,027	Haney	33,898	9,108
#1,028	Forbes	33,813	9,131

Who is named Vera

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

91% of people named Vera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vera

Vera has the Soundex code V600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V600.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vera come from?: Borrowed in the nineteenth century from the Russian virtue name Ве́ра (Véra, “faith”). By folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera (“true”).
How common is the surname Vera?: 33,674 people in the United States had the surname Vera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,169 Americans. It ranked 1,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vera?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Vera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.1% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Vera?: Vera is /ˈvɪə.ɹə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Vera getting more or less common?: More common. 24,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,674 in 2010, up 37%.
Is Vera also a first name?: Yes. Vera is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.