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

Vesga, 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 Vesga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vesga in America

Vesga is the 127494th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vesga surname appeared 134 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 Vesga.

The history of the last name Vesga

The surname "VESGA" is believed to have originated in Spain. It is a locative surname, meaning it is derived from a place name. Specifically, Vesga is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León.

The name Vesga is thought to have its roots in the Latin word "vesica," which means "bladder" or "small vessel." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a place where bladders or small vessels were made or traded.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Vesga can be found in the 13th-century Becerro de las Behetrías, a medieval document that recorded information about towns and villages in Castile. The document mentions a place called "Vesga" and its inhabitants, indicating that the surname was already in use at that time.

In the 15th century, a nobleman named Juan de Vesga was mentioned in the chronicles of the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands. He was a member of the military order of Santiago and participated in the conquest of the island of La Palma in 1493.

Another notable individual with the surname Vesga was Alonso de Vesga, born in the late 16th century. He was a Spanish soldier and explorer who accompanied the expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós to the Pacific Ocean in 1605-1606.

In the 17th century, a priest named Francisco de Vesga served as the chaplain of the Spanish fleet that took part in the Battle of the Downs in 1639, a naval engagement between the Dutch and Spanish fleets during the Eighty Years' War.

In the 18th century, a Spanish military officer named José de Vesga y Bazán was appointed as the governor of the Philippine Islands in 1776. He served in this position until 1778.

The surname Vesga has also been associated with various places in Spain, such as the village of Vesga de Curueño in the province of León, and the Vesga River, a tributary of the Ebro River in northern Spain.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vesga

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

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 Vesga 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.

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 Vesga was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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