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The VEAL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 7,632 4299 0.003 28
United States (1880 census) 1,472 3904 0.003 29
Change since 1880 +6160 -395 0 -1
Other Countries
Australia 415 3797 0.003 25
United Kingdom 1,447 3889 0.003 31
Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Classification and Origin of VEAL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the VEAL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the VEAL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of VEAL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 122 1.6
White (Hispanic) 117 1.53
Asian/Pacific 38 0.5
Native American/Alaskan 31 0.41
Black/African American 3,697 48.44
White (Caucasian) 3,627 47.52

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the VEAL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of VEAL in historical publications

VEAL. VEALE. L In old records Le Veal. 0. Fr., "the calf." 2. In some cases probably from 0. Fr. Le Viel, " the old," to distinguish the individual from a younger man of the same baptismal name, PI.R. The form Viel is still found in Lond. Direct.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to VEAL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as VEAL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for VEAL

The following words are slight variants of VEAL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.