How common is the surname Verity?

1,011 people in the United States had the surname Verity in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. It ranked 24,685th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Verity?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Verity identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Verity?

William Verity, American businessman (1917–2007), followed by Ruggero Verity.

Where is the surname Verity most common?

Wikidata records people named Verity in the United States and Italy.

Is the surname Verity getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,011 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Verity

A surname, carried by 1,011 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Verity is more common than 84.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,011 people named Verity in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,014.

#24,685

rank among US surnames

1,011

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,391)

Who is named Verity

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

92% of people named Verity identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Veritys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Verity
American businessman (1917–2007)
Ruggero Verity
Anglo-Italian physician and entomologist, 1883–1959

Notable Veritys come mostly from the United States (1) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Verity

Verity has the Soundex code V630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V630.

Questions

How common is the surname Verity?: 1,011 people in the United States had the surname Verity in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. It ranked 24,685th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Verity?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Verity identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Verity?: William Verity, American businessman (1917–2007), followed by Ruggero Verity.
Where is the surname Verity most common?: Wikidata records people named Verity in the United States and Italy.
Is the surname Verity getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,011 in 2010, down 0.3%.