Vellegas Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Vellegas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vellegas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1101:920,34782,471
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Peru131:2,444,93327,186
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Vellegas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vellegas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Vellegas is most common in The Philippines. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vellegas? popularity and diffusion

Vellegas is the 1,198,640th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Vellegas live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 920,347. In The Philippines Vellegas is primarily concentrated in: National Capital Region, where 11 percent live, Western Visayas, where 11 percent live and Calabarzon, where 10 percent live. Beside The Philippines this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and Peru, where 7 percent live.

Vellegas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vellegas surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

The amount Vellegas earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 21.94% more than the national average, earning $27,682,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 20.9% less than the national average, earning $34,130 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Vellegas
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