Vey Family History
Vey Name Meaning
Irish (eastern Ulster): reduced form of McVey, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bheathadh, a patronymic from the personal name Mac an Bheathadh meaning ‘son of life’. Compare Vahey.Dutch (de Vey): from Vei ‘playful’ ‘luxuriant’, ‘sensual’.German: metronymic from a short form of the personal name Sophie.
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Name Distribution of Vey Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vey families
 14 - 25  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Vey families
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11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Vey census records
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Vey Family Origin
Vey Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Vey
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Vey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Vey Civil War Service Records
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