Veasey Surname
Approximately 3,773 people bear this surname
Veasey Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Veci' or Vesci. Lower says,' Robert de Veci assisted William I to conquer England, and was rewarded with great estates in the counties of Northampton, Leicester, Warwick, and Lincoln.
Read More About This SurnameVeasey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,486 | 1:145,800 | 15,055 |
| England | 1,031 | 1:54,043 | 6,581 |
| Canada | 72 | 1:511,744 | 43,418 |
| Australia | 71 | 1:380,221 | 31,281 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:119,020 | 9,008 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 43 | 1:103,020 | 6,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 555 | 1:43,920 | 5,473 |
| Jersey | 4 | 1:12,971 | 2,116 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 392 | 1:128,109 | 12,343 |
Veasey (18) may also be a first name.
Veasey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Veci' or Vesci. Lower says,' Robert de Veci assisted William I to conquer England, and was rewarded with great estates in the counties of Northampton, Leicester, Warwick, and Lincoln. Ivo or John de Veschi was his near kinsman, and from him in the female line descended Lord Vesey' (Kelham's Domesday); v. Patronymica Britannica.
Willelmus de Vesci, 7 Henry II: Pipe Roll.
Eustace de Vesey, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard de Vesey, Yorkshire, ibid.
1512. John Veysey or Vesey, or Voysye, or Pheysy: Register of the University of Oxford.
1603. Walter Veysey, Devon: ibid.
1603-4. James Voyzey, Devon: ibid.
Other spellings of the names of the two students last mentioned are Voysey, Vesey, and Veisey (v. Index). For other instances, v. Pheysey.
= Vessey, q.v.
Place names in English Midlands and Lincolnshire.
(English) One who came from Vessey (estate of Vitius), the name of places in Normandy and Burgundy.
See Fessey. Vessay or de Vesci in Roll of Battell Abbey; in the Domesday Book, de Veci.
Veasey Demographics
Average Male Veasey Height
177 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Veasey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veasey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Veasey is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Veasey? popularity and diffusion
Veasey is the 121,391st most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,931,499 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Veasey are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Veasey is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2,486 people, or 1 in 145,800. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Veasey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Veasey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Veasey last name increased 634 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Veasey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Veasey last name are 2.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Veasey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 3.32% more than the national average, earning R 245,532 per year; in United States they earn 5.15% less than the national average, earning $40,926 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.18% less than the national average, earning $45,620 CAD per year.
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Veasey Reference & Research
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