The Veillon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 897 people carried this name — #27,021 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 856 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,165 people named Veillon.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
71 people named Veillon live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Veillon,
with a public archive behind them.
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François Veillon 1793–1859 · judge
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Frédéric Veillon 1804–1872 · military officer
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Charles Veillon 1809–1869 · lawyer
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Jean-Louis Gay 1823–1874 · mathematician
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Charles Auguste Veillon 1833–1898 · banker
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Auguste Veillon 1834–1890 · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Veillon.
- Vegas 1,877 · U.S. census
- Veglia 256 · U.S. census
- Veiga 1,476 · U.S. census
- Veil 317 · U.S. census
- Veillard 276 · U.S. census
- Veilleux 2,433 · U.S. census
- Veit 2,481 · U.S. census
- Veith 2,132 · U.S. census
- Vela 25,414 · U.S. census
- Velasco 33,078 · U.S. census
- Velasquez 80,364 · U.S. census
- Vele 344 · U.S. census
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