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

Vieth, 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 Vieth surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vieth in America

Vieth is the 21272nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vieth surname appeared 1,232 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 Vieth.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vieth 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 Vieth

The surname VIETH is of German origin, derived from the Middle High German word "vihet" which means "cattle". It was likely an occupational surname given to someone who worked as a cattle herder or farmer.

The name first appeared in records from the 14th century in the regions of Saxony and Thuringia in central Germany. Some of the earliest recorded spellings include Vieht, Vieth, Viet, and Viethe.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Vieth, a farmer who lived in the village of Großenhain, near Leipzig, in the late 15th century. Another early record is of Martin Vieth, a cattle merchant from the town of Erfurt in Thuringia, who is mentioned in a document from 1521.

The name is also found in some historical place names, such as Viethaus, a former village near Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt, which translates to "cattle house" or "cattle farm".

In the 17th century, Johann Vieth (1592-1657) was a German Protestant theologian and writer who served as a minister in Werben, Brandenburg. His son, Christian Vieth (1633-1701), was also a Lutheran minister and author.

Another notable bearer of the name was Johann Friedrich Vieth (1693-1777), a German physician and botanist from Gotha in Thuringia. He wrote several works on medicinal plants and their uses in traditional medicine.

In the 19th century, August Vieth (1820-1900) was a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Berlin, including the Reichstag building and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Johann Vieth (1852-1917) was a German politician and trade union leader who served as a member of the Reichstag (the German parliament) representing the Social Democratic Party from 1893 to 1917.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vieth

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

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

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