last name
VELA
#1,431
of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census
People
24,228
About
1 in 12,337
This common or more
43.9%
Who bears it
Of the 24,228 people with the last name Vela, 90.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Either side of Vela
Spelled almost the same
6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vela, most common first.
Also a first name
As a first name, Vela ranks #20,104 of 53,615, with 517 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1915, with 38 births. See Vela as a first name
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