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veit Name Meaning and History

German: from the name of St. Veit (Latin Vitus), patron saint against fire. In many cases this is an altered spelling of the variant Veith, written thus to preserve the German pronunciation of th as t.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the veit family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of veit Families in the US in 1920
Number of veit families
 39-76
 14-38		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 45 - Messages: 80
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Bempflingen Veits wwweimer 9
Veit from Wuerttemberg Markogen 1
Charles Veit/Veite RandyJWalsh 3
Louise Veit , Erie, Pennsylvania Irishlovey_1 0
SHOSID Gladys VIET _and_ baby .JPG t42HebrewRest_TarCoTX 0
VEIT Annette L .JPG t42HebrewRest_TarCoTX 0
VEIT Louis B .JPG t42HebrewRest_TarCoTX 0
VEIT David A _1892-1943_.JPG t42HebrewRest_TarCoTX 0
Veit or Voigt jarrold_g_m 0
Ronald Veit Allen Plasterer 0
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