Veleño Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Veleño Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 123 | 1:388,407 | 6,334 |
| Venezuela | 20 | 1:1,510,204 | 20,059 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Veleno (115) are calculated separately.
Veleño Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veleño Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Veleño occurs more in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Veleno. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Veleño? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,422,956th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Veleño are found; 94 percent are found in South America and 94 percent are found in Caribbean South America.
Veleño is most widely held in Colombia, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 388,407. In Colombia it is most prevalent in: Capital District, where 53 percent are found, Bolívar Department, where 13 percent are found and Atlántico Department, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Colombia Veleño occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 13 percent are found and Spain, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veleno | 94 | 115 | / |
| Vesleño | 92 | 16 | / |
| Veleños | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vesleñio | 86 | 1 | / |
| Veleña | 83 | 847 | / |
| Velaño | 83 | 39 | / |
| Feleño | 83 | 9 | / |
| Valeño | 83 | 4 | / |
| Visleño | 77 | 195 | / |
| Vesliño | 77 | 185 | / |
| Beleños | 77 | 39 | / |
| Vesleno | 77 | 16 | / |
| Feleños | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beleñoz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vesliños | 71 | 129 | / |
| Veslenio | 71 | 21 | / |
| Valiño | 67 | 2,334 | / |
| Beleno | 67 | 1,541 | / |
| Velona | 67 | 455 | / |
| Velaña | 67 | 309 | / |
| Velino | 67 | 269 | / |
| Velena | 67 | 165 | / |
| Velono | 67 | 157 | / |
| Vileno | 67 | 126 | / |
| Voleno | 67 | 40 | / |
| Velonà | 67 | 20 | / |
| Volaño | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vilaño | 67 | 4 | / |
| Feliño | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beliño | 67 | 2 | / |
| Feleno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beleñó | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beléño | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veloña | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weleno | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Veleño
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