The Vera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,674 people carried this name — #1,031 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,760 people counted. That is up 37% from 24,553 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 129,369 people named Vera 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 741 people named Vera.
277 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
359 people named Vera 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Vera live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Vera is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vera.
- Venturi 436 · U.S. census
- Venturini 1,053 · U.S. census
- Venturino 511 · U.S. census
- Venus 731 · U.S. census
- Venuti 1,187 · U.S. census
- Ver 264 · U.S. census
- Verardo 135 · U.S. census
- Verbeck 847 · U.S. census
- Verbeke 619 · U.S. census
- Verbois 135 · U.S. census
- Verbrugge 420 · U.S. census
- Verbruggen 176 · U.S. census
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