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    The surname Verastegui

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,215 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V623

    Verastegui: #21,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Verastegui #21,495, 1,215 people Verastegui: #21,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Verastegui #21,495, 1,215 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Verastegui is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish, from Basque.

    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 1,215 people named Verastegui in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,112 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 847.

    #21,495
    rank among US surnames
    1,215
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.4%
    change since 2000 (was #26,946)

    Who is named Verastegui

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

    93% of people named Verastegui identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, 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 Verastegui

    Verastegui has the Soundex code V623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V623.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Verastegui come from?
    From Spanish, from Basque.
    How common is the surname Verastegui?
    1,215 people in the United States had the surname Verastegui in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,112 Americans. It ranked 21,495th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Verastegui?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Verastegui identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Verastegui getting more or less common?
    More common. 847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,215 in 2010, up 43%.