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    The surname Vesey

    A surname, carried by 1,300 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V200

    Vesey: #20,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vesey #20,434, 1,300 people Vesey: #20,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vesey #20,434, 1,300 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vesey is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Veazey.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,300 people named Vesey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,225.

    #20,434
    rank among US surnames
    1,300
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,219)

    Who is named Vesey

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

    84% of people named Vesey identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Veseys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jimmy Vesey
      American ice hockey player, born 1993

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vesey

    Vesey has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vesey come from?
    Variant of Veazey.
    How common is the surname Vesey?
    1,300 people in the United States had the surname Vesey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. It ranked 20,434th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vesey?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Vesey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vesey?
    Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player.
    Where is the surname Vesey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vesey in the United States.
    Is the surname Vesey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,300 in 2010, up 6.1%.