de La Vega Surname

20,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,610 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

de La Vega Surname Definition:

(Spanish), of the Plain.

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de La Vega Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico11,5281:10,7671,063
Spain5,1901:9,0081,068
Argentina4,8161:8,875873
Philippines1,9621:51,6008,493
Peru1,7091:18,5982,230
Chile1,1391:15,4671,114
Cuba9481:12,155963
United States9391:386,00534,000
Ecuador9321:17,0662,519
Colombia5831:81,9453,298
Bolivia3471:30,5952,072
Brazil2971:720,78926,406
Guatemala2241:71,7982,587
France2001:332,11450,174
Uruguay1891:18,1572,052
Dominican Republic1541:67,7463,226
Venezuela1101:274,5836,549
Paraguay751:96,4902,285
Costa Rica551:86,9101,566
Canada551:669,92054,285
Australia411:658,43245,385
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Israel251:342,30528,607
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
England231:2,422,52489,093
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Nicaragua91:669,0104,135
Austria91:946,15970,786
Panama91:434,6958,518
Norway71:734,61250,907
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Puerto Rico71:507,1633,435
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
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The alternate forms: de La Véga (2) are calculated separately.

de La Vega Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Spanish), of the Plain.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

In Spain, a vega is a 'fertile plain or lowland' or 'water meadow' with most of its bearers belonging to the nobility from the Castile region (originally anyway).

When traveling west through the north American desert, settlers came across an oasis and named the area, Las Vegas, meaning the meadows.

- snail1369
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de La Vega Demographics

Average de La Vega Salary in
United States

$65,601 USD

Per year
Rank:
140,592 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00012461
Rank: 62,719 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
152.03%
Sample size: 162 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de La Vega Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Vega Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de La Vega is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: de La Véga. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Vega? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 20,538th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 273,865 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of de La Vega are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Hispano-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 11,528 people, or 1 in 10,767. In Mexico de La Vega is mostly concentrated in: México, where 20 percent reside, Mexico City, where 18 percent reside and Querétaro, where 8 percent reside. Not including Mexico this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 20 percent reside and Argentina, where 18 percent reside.

de La Vega Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Vega earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 53.38% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,732 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.74% less than the national average, earning $19,582,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 52.03% more than the national average, earning $65,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.28% less than the national average, earning $37,621 CAD per year.

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