Vega (surname)

Vega (pronounced [ˈbeɣa]) is a Spanish surname that means "dweller in the meadow", or "one who lives on the plain". Other versions of the surname Vega are Vegas or Vegaz.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 25.9% of all known bearers of the surname Vega were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:425), 9.6% of Colombia (1:442), 9.2% of the United States (1:3,476), 8.8% of Argentina (1:432), 7.9% of Peru (1:356), 6.0% of Spain (1:685), 5.7% of Chile (1:272), 3.9% of Puerto Rico (1:80), 3.5% of Cuba (1:294), 3.1% of Ecuador (1:454), 3.0% of Costa Rica (1:141), 2.0% of Panama (1:178), 1.7% of the Philippines (1:5,213), 1.6% of Paraguay (1:403), 1.5% of Venezuela (1:1,777), 1.4% of Bolivia (1:686) and 1.2% of Nicaragua (1:454).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:685) in the following autonomous communities:

In Puerto Rico, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:80) in the following municipalities:[1]

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