Find out how popular the last name Veltman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Veltman.

Veltman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Veltman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Veltman in America

Veltman is the 30701st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Veltman surname appeared 759 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Veltman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Veltman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Veltman

The surname Veltman is of Dutch origin and can be traced back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have originated as a locational surname, deriving from the name of a place called Veltum or Velthem, located in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name is thought to be derived from the Old Dutch words "veld" meaning field, and "heim" meaning home or settlement, suggesting that the earliest bearers of this surname lived in a settlement in or near a field.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Veltman can be found in the Oorkondenboek van Holland en Zeeland, a collection of historical documents from the region, dating back to the 14th century. The name is also mentioned in the Landelijke Rijksdatabase, a database of historical records from the Netherlands, with several entries dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Veltman appears to have been quite prevalent in the region of Noord-Brabant, particularly in the towns of Eindhoven and Helmond. One notable individual from this period was Hendrik Veltman (1558-1631), a prominent merchant and alderman in the city of Eindhoven.

In the 18th century, the name Veltman is found in various records from the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. A notable figure from this time was Johannes Veltman (1720-1801), a renowned painter and engraver from the city of Zwolle.

As the Dutch colonial empire expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries, the surname Veltman also spread to other parts of the world, including the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) and the Dutch Cape Colony (present-day South Africa). In the 19th century, several individuals bearing the Veltman surname emigrated to the United States and Canada, where their descendants can still be found today.

Other notable individuals with the surname Veltman include Gerardus Veltman (1849-1917), a Dutch politician and member of the House of Representatives; Willem Veltman (1861-1942), a Dutch architect known for his work in the Art Nouveau style; and Martinus J.G. Veltman (1931-2021), a renowned Dutch theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 for his work on the theory of electroweak interaction.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Veltman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Veltman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Veltman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Veltman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Veltman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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