Veláquez Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Veláquez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Velaquez (898) & Velàquez (2) are calculated separately.
Veláquez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veláquez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Veláquez occurs in Puerto Rico more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Velaquez or Velàquez. Click here to see other possible spellings of Veláquez.
How Common Is The Last Name Veláquez? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Veláquez occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Veláquez are found; 39 percent are found in Caribbean and 39 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean.
This last name is most commonly used in Puerto Rico, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 394,460. In Puerto Rico Veláquez is most numerous in: Yabucoa, where 89 percent reside and San Juan, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Puerto Rico this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 17 percent reside and Spain, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Veláquez
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