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The Vega surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 116,673 people carried this name — #261 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,530 people counted. That is up 33% from 87,728 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Vega surname

Borrowed from Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vega» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 114,588 people named Vega live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 36,423
Córdoba 10,064
Santa Fe 8,929
City of Buenos Aires 5,653
Mendoza 5,474
Tucumán 4,991
San Juan 4,342
Catamarca 4,170

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

472 people named Vega live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 99
Zurich 91
Geneva 52
Aargau 45
Bern 43
Solothurn 20
Ticino 17
Neuchâtel 17

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 464 people named Vega.

175 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Martinique.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 175
Martinique 52
Gironde 36
Pas-de-Calais 21
Paris 19
Hauts-de-Seine 16
Drôme 10
Dordogne 10
Haute-Garonne 9

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

165 people named Vega is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 165

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Vega in American newspapers,
1846–1919.

Newspaper page from Port-Gibson Herald carrying the name Vega
Port-Gibson Herald 1846-05-07
Newspaper page from The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial Distri carrying the name Vega
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial Distri 1890-12-06
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Vega
The Portland Daily Press 1903-08-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 608,503 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Vega,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Juan de Vega
    Juan de Vega 1507–1558 · politician
  • Jurij Vega
    Jurij Vega 1754–1802 · astronomer
  • Carlos Vega Belgrano
    Carlos Vega Belgrano 1858–1930 · lawyer
  • Manuel Moral y Vega
    Manuel Moral y Vega 1865–1913 · photographer
  • Matías Vega Guerra
    Matías Vega Guerra 1905–1989 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 227 lives in all are documented under this name.

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