Veit Family History
Veit Name Meaning
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.
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Name Distribution of Veit Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Veit families
 39 - 76  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Veit families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Veit last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Veit census records
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Veit Family Origin
Veit Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Veit
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Veit Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Veit census records
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Veit Civil War Service Records
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