The surname Vesely
A Czech surname, carried by 2,241 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex V240
Origin
Czech origin
From Czech Veselý, from veselý.
One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,241 people named Vesely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,222.
Who is named Vesely
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Vesely identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Vesely has the Soundex code V240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V240.
Other Czech surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Vesely come from?
- From Czech Veselý, from veselý.
- How common is the surname Vesely?
- 2,241 people in the United States had the surname Vesely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. It ranked 13,536th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vesely?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vesely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Vesely getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,241 in 2010, up 0.9%.