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

The Viegas surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 654 people carried this name — #33,020 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Viegas.

Most of them — 109 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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

Born outside France 109
Paris 21
Pyrénées-Orientales 5
Tarn 4
Yvelines 4
Aude 4
Pas-de-Calais 3
Moselle 3
Eure 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

154 people named Viegas live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 31
Valais 26
Zurich 22
Aargau 15
Geneva 15
Neuchâtel 13
Fribourg 9
Lucerne 8

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Viegas is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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