Veitch is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Veitch
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Veitch

How popular is Veitch?

Veitch is common in Canada.

Veitch is ranked 47966 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Veitch bearers increased by 1.217765 per cent in 2010 US census to 1413 since 2000, the surname slipped by 886 spots and ranked at 19210. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.36 94.84
Black 3.47 2.72
Hispanic or Latino 2.05 1
Others 1.56 0.79
Veitch is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 9963 people have been found who wears Veitch as their family name. Veitch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,097 Wales3
1,500,361 India2
21,529 Singapore2
89,020 Tanzania2
65,594 Belgium2
4,231 Jamaica2
118,441 Germany2
26,123 Malaysia2
10,284 Kuwait2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
169,904 Brazil1
120,357 Argentina1
16,640 Hong Kong1
9,498 Iceland1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
810,193 Indonesia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
28,365 Kenya1
6,688 Malawi1
97 Tuvalu1
5,553 Taiwan1
118,015 Netherlands1
47,891 Norway1
11,510 Oman1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
2,341 Costa Rica34
32,811 Sweden29
9,692 Ireland27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
78,041 Spain19
1,163 Jersey17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Veitch:
1,087 Scotland728
2,602 New Zealand291
39,199 Philippines258
Countries with thousands of Veitch:
3,374 England2,275
17,995 United States1,816
2,071 Australia1,524
4,368 South Africa1,498
3,878 Canada1,188
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jas. Veitch was 21 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 7, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as carpenter and took Sheridan from Liverpool. 20 years old George Veitch, 19 years old Jane Veitch, James Veitch (20) Workman, Clerk Walter Veitch, 24 years old Jas. Veitch, are others that migrated to US from Londonderry, Liverpool and Greenock.

Veitch Namesakes

  • Mick Veitch, Australian Politician
  • Trevor Veitch, Record Producer
  • Champion Doug Veitch, Musician
  • John Veitch, Soccer player
  • John M. Veitch, Horse trainer
  • Sylvester Veitch, Horse trainer
  • Tom Veitch, Writer
  • Rick Veitch, Comic book artist
  • Rick Veitch, Comic book artist
  • Joel Veitch, Animator

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