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    The surname Verges

    A French place surname, carried by 635 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V622

    Verges: #35,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Verges #35,447, 635 people Verges: #35,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Verges #35,447, 635 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Verges is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from French Vergès. * Borrowed from Catalan Verges, a habitational surname from the town of Verges, Catalonia.

    Verges is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 635 people named Verges in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 589.

    #35,447
    rank among US surnames
    635
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #35,994)

    Who is named Verges

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

    55% of people named Verges identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Verges

    Verges has the Soundex code V622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V622.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Verges come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from French Vergès. * Borrowed from Catalan Verges, a habitational surname from the town of Verges, Catalonia.
    How common is the surname Verges?
    635 people in the United States had the surname Verges in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. It ranked 35,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Verges?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Verges identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Verges?
    Verges is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Verges getting more or less common?
    More common. 589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 635 in 2010, up 7.8%.