Velten surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Velten surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 465 people carried this name — #45,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 11% from 521 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 283 people named Velten.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Bas-Rhin 218
Paris 9
Nièvre 8
Haut-Rhin 7
Moselle 6
Meuse 5
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 4
Côte-d’Or 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Velten live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Vaud 8
Fribourg 4
Schaffhausen 4
St. Gallen 3

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 Velten,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Velten 1640–1692 · actor
  • Catharina Elisabeth Velten 1646–1712 · actor
  • Catharina Elisabeth Velten 1650–1712 · actor
  • Jacob Velten 1667–1732
  • Johann Friedrich Velten 1759–1784 · writer
  • Johann Velten 1784–1864 · printer

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

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Surnames next to Velten.

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