Veen is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Veen
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands
Meaning:

Veen is the variant of Bene. See Bean - A Scotch abbreviation of Benjamin.

The variation of Bayne. In Scotland this name is probably in some instances a corruption of the Gaelic word "Baan," or "Bhaan" white but as the arms are bones (Scotticé banes) placed saltier-wise, it is possibly equivalent to Bane or Bone.

A variant form of the Bane. Scotland. Gaelic, bane, white or fair, as Donald Bane, "the fair Donald;" often confused with Baines.

Family name is a form of MacBean. The son of Bean meaning "life".

Variation of the Been. Descendant of Been or Ben, pet forms of Benjamin meaning "son of my right hand".

Veen is variant form of Bain. Dweller near the Bain meaning straight, the name of rivers in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

Veen is a variant of Bean. Descendant of Ben, a pet form of Benjamin meaning "son of my right hand", or of Benedict, "blessed" The family name can also mean the light complexioned man.

Family name Veen is variant form of Bann. Banny is a known nickname of Barnabas, and this group of names is probably from the same Source. Author says Anglo-Saxon buna, a slayer.

Veen is the variation of Bean. A Scotch abbreviation of Benjamin.

How popular is Veen?

Veen is common in Netherlands, United States, Germany, India, Norway.

Veen is ranked 56778 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Veens plummeted by 14 per cent to 473 since 2000 and slipped by 7315 spots and ranked at 45253. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.19 95.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.27 2.18
Veen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Netherlands which signifies its Netherlands provenence. Around 8927 people have been found who wears Veen as their family name. Veen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Veen:
189 Netherlands6,431
31,503 United States1,031
Countries with hundreds of Veen:
21,310 Germany441
88,513 India262
5,981 Norway123
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,472 Canada86
29,260 Australia78
25,212 Pakistan56
28,627 Belgium51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,260 New Zealand46
3,102 Suriname45
74,222 South Africa39
64,828 England37
42,969 Malaysia31
255,572 Thailand31
48,545 Sweden15
251,814 France14
295,035 Brazil13
46,196 Switzerland12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
414,297 Russia9
89,472 Belarus6
28,047 Scotland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Merchant Lamberrtus Veen from Hanover aboard the Leipzig from Bremen. He is registered to be 37 years old when he arrived in New York on June 3, 1870. Peter Jer Veen, Angonita Veen, aged 10, 5 years old Dorothea Veen, Johanne Veen, Thntje Veen, aged 36, Gerald Veen (35) Carpenter, 32 years old Van. Veen, Merchant Julius Veen, Bernardt Veen (21) Laborer, are other Veen that migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool & Queenstown, Bremen & Southampton and Boulogne & Rotterdam.

Veen Namesakes

  • Robert van der Veen, Dutch field hockey player
  • Herman van Veen, Dutch stage performer, actor, author
  • Richard Vander Veen, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Stephan Veen, * [https://web
  • Otto van Veen, painter, draughtsman

Veen Namesakes

  • Robert van der Veen, Dutch field hockey player
  • Herman van Veen, Dutch stage performer, actor, author
  • Richard Vander Veen, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Stephan Veen, * [https://web
  • Otto van Veen, painter, draughtsman

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