The Vest surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,405 people carried this name — #3,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (11,368).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 196 people named Vest.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 the Nordic population registers
149 people named Vest are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Vest in American newspapers,
1901–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,716,004 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vest,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest 1776–1840 · writer -
George Graham Vest 1830–1904 · lawyer -
Johann Vest 1650–1694 · organ builder
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Julius von Vest 1806–1885 · physician
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Eliel Vest 1863–1906 · non-fiction writer
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Emmons Rutledge Vest 1882–1925 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vest.
- Vervaecke 102 · U.S. census
- Vervoort 250 · U.S. census
- Very 180 · U.S. census
- Vesco 322 · U.S. census
- Vescovi 381 · U.S. census
- Vessella 185 · U.S. census
- Vetro 280 · U.S. census
- Vetter 8,550 · U.S. census
- Vettese 307 · U.S. census
- Vettori 154 · U.S. census
- Vettraino 358 · U.S. census
- Veve 188 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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