Vegas is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Vegas
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Spain
Meaning:

Variation of the Vega. Dweller in the meadow.

The variant of Vega. Of the plain.

How popular is Vegas?

Vegas is common in Venezuela, Spain, Peru, United States, Argentina, India, Chile, Philippines, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Brazil, Cuba, Morocco, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic.

Vegas is ranked 14150 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Vegass grew by 10.02 per cent to 1877 since 2000 and ranked 15579 after elevating 141 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 68.46 60.2
White 24.72 31.01
Black 3.14 3.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.97 2.87
Others 1.28 2.11
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.7
Vegas is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Venezuela which signifies that it is originated from Venezuela. Around 39378 people have been found who wears Vegas as their family name. Vegas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Vegas:
289 Venezuela19,144
Countries with thousands of Vegas:
864 Spain6,694
1,533 Peru2,878
15,756 United States2,357
2,440 Argentina1,466
26,178 India1,459
1,121 Chile1,125
Countries with hundreds of Vegas:
19,087 Philippines919
3,396 Colombia546
3,953 Ecuador465
25,556 France405
20,258 Brazil396
2,119 Cuba219
29,345 Morocco204
1,244 Nicaragua165
3,815 Dominican Republic123
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,650 Honduras93
2,236 Paraguay77
17,696 Mexico70
2,822 Panama62
55,162 Canada54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,985 England45
113,742 Germany38
52,533 Australia32
14,967 Kuwait29
12,265 Portugal28
2,375 El Salvador22
5,445 Trinidad and Tobago19
16,699 Uruguay16
63,354 Belgium15
1,168 United States Virgin Islands14
73,030 Netherlands13
390,383 Indonesia12
27,512 United Arab Emirates11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
34,222 Denmark10
426,148 Thailand10
1,511 Aruba9
30,726 Qatar9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
3,219 Puerto Rico8
118,213 Italy7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer C. Vegas and farmer M. Vegas from Germany aboard the La Normandie from Havre. C. is registered to be 11 years old when she arrived in New York on August 31, 1891.

Vegas Namesakes

  • Death in Vegas, English electronic music group
  • Johnny Vegas, English actor and comedian,
  • Dirty Vegas, English house music group initially made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals
  • Crash Vegas, Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988
  • The Last Vegas, hard rock band from Chicago whose style draws
  • Papa Vegas, rock band from the 1990s
  • Mr. Vegas, musical artist

Vegas Namesakes

  • Death in Vegas, English electronic music group
  • Johnny Vegas, English actor and comedian,
  • Dirty Vegas, English house music group initially made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals
  • Crash Vegas, Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988
  • The Last Vegas, hard rock band from Chicago whose style draws
  • Papa Vegas, rock band from the 1990s
  • Mr. Vegas, musical artist

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