The Velez surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 42,820 people carried this name — #727 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
162 people named Velez live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Velez.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Hérault.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Velez.
- Veith 2,010 · U.S. census
- Vela 20,569 · U.S. census
- Velasco 23,114 · U.S. census
- Velasquez 57,163 · U.S. census
- Vele 290 · U.S. census
- Veler 134 · U.S. census
- Velin 178 · U.S. census
- Vella 3,717 · U.S. census
- Veloso 846 · U.S. census
- Velten 521 · U.S. census
- Veltz 119 · U.S. census
- Ven 253 · U.S. census
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