The Veloso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,117 people carried this name — #22,906 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 32% from 846 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Veloso surname
Portuguese, Filipino, and Hispanic surname, either borrowed from Portuguese or Galician (via Spanish).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Veloso» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,831 people named Veloso 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
299 people named Veloso live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Veloso.
Most of them — 68 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Paris.
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
Veloso in American newspapers,
1919–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 242 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Veloso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tiago Augusto Veloso e Horta 1819–1863 · politician -
Pedro Leão Veloso 1828–1902 · judge -
Tomásia Veloso 1864–1888 · stage actor -
Djalma Martins Veloso 1921–2007 · politician
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Raymundo Veloso Silva 1938– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 81 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Veloso.
- Velasquez 80,364 · U.S. census
- Vele 344 · U.S. census
- Veler 126 · U.S. census
- Velez 53,265 · U.S. census
- Velin 184 · U.S. census
- Vella 4,051 · U.S. census
- Velten 465 · U.S. census
- Veltz 128 · U.S. census
- Ven 362 · U.S. census
- Venancio 1,042 · U.S. census
- Venard 488 · U.S. census
- Vendel 182 · U.S. census
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