The Veiga surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,252 people carried this name — #19,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
247 people named Veiga live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Veiga.
Most of them — 51 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Yvelines.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Veiga in American newspapers,
1919–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 914 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Veiga,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antônio José da Veiga 1793–1876 · politician -
José Augusto Ferreira Veiga 1838–1903 · composer -
Francisco da Veiga Beirão 1841–1916 · politician -
Pascual Veiga 1842–1906 · composer -
Augusto Alves da Veiga 1849–1924 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 117 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Veiga.
- Vecchioni 157 · U.S. census
- Vedrine 141 · U.S. census
- Vee 246 · U.S. census
- Vega 87,728 · U.S. census
- Vegas 1,706 · U.S. census
- Veglia 228 · U.S. census
- Veil 354 · U.S. census
- Veillard 163 · U.S. census
- Veilleux 2,346 · U.S. census
- Veillon 856 · U.S. census
- Veit 2,487 · U.S. census
- Veith 2,010 · U.S. census
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