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The Veilleux surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,433 people carried this name — #12,692 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,346 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Veilleux surname

Veilleux: a Québécois surname.

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 105 people named Veilleux.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Drôme.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Drôme 48
Eure-et-Loir 23
Paris 10
Isère 7
Yvelines 3
Loire 2
Pyrénées-Orientales 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

In print

Veilleux in American newspapers,
1910–1922.

Newspaper page from Union County Courier carrying the name Veilleux
Union County Courier 1910-12-29
Newspaper page from The Wallace Miner carrying the name Veilleux
The Wallace Miner 1922-02-02
Newspaper page from The Wahpeton Times carrying the name Veilleux
The Wahpeton Times 1910-10-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,741 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Veilleux,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre Veilleux 1876–1951 · Catholic priest
  • Rose Veilleux 1907–1977
  • Jacques Veilleux 1917–1981
  • Marcel Veilleux 1921–2004 · spy
  • Jacques Veilleux 1939– · politician
  • Laurier Veilleux 1946– · poet

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Veilleux is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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