The Veit surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,481 people carried this name — #12,496 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,487).
What the name means
The meaning of the Veit surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Middle High German Vīt, from Latin Vitus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Veit» (German), 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 241 people named Veit.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
185 people named Veit live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 146 people named Veit 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Veit in American newspapers,
1861–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 73,820 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Veit,
with a public archive behind them.
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Simon Veit 1754–1819 · banker -
Johannes Veit 1790–1854 · painter -
Hieronymus Veit d. 1716 · theologian
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Josef Veit d. 1904
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Aloisia Veit senior d. 1895
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Benedict Veit d. 1689
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Veit.
- 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
- Veillon 897 · 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
- Veler 126 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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