Last Name VESEY

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Meaning	Local: De Veci or Vesci. 'Robert de Veci assisted William I to conquare England, and was rewarded with great estate in the counties of Northampton, Leicester, Warwick, and Lincoln. Ivo and John de Veschi was his near kinsman, and from him in the female line descended Lord Vesey. Local: Wet or fenny land, near the water, subject to inundation; the same as 'Fossey.' Cornish British, 'Vosey,' the ditch or fort near the water.

Origin	English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	20,219 (2000 US census)	16,690 (1990 US census)

Count	1,225 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.59%, or 1024 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.9%, or 158 total occurrences, as black,
0.98%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.41%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.22%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.9%, or 11 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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