Vega (surname)

Vega (pronounced [ˈbeɣa]) is a Spanish surname than 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:

• 1. Canary Islands (1:216)
• 2. Asturias (1:221)
• 3. Cantabria (1:335)
• 4. Castile and León (1:381)
• 5. Ceuta (1:473)
• 6. Andalusia (1:510)
• 7. Extremadura (1:557)

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

People[]

• Alan Vega (1938–2016), American singer for the duo Suicide
• Alexa PenaVega (née Vega; born 1988), Colombian American actress and singer
• Amelia Vega (born 1984), Miss Universe 2003 from the Dominican Republic
• Cecilia Vega (born 1977), American journalist, correspondent and anchor for ABC News
• Conrado Vega (1938–2010), American politician and educator
• Edgardo Vega Yunqué (1936–2008), Puerto Rican novelist, also known as Ed Vega
• Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (1934–2015), Mexican poet, lawyer, writer, academic, actor and translator
• Janine Pommy Vega (1942–2010), American poet
• José Antonio Rodríguez Vega (1957–2002), Spanish serial killer
• Judah Vega, 17th century rabbi in Amsterdam
• Julie Vega, stage name of Filipino singer and actress Julie Pearl Apostol Postigo (born 1968)
• Jurij Vega (1754–1802), Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer
• Lope de Vega (1562–1635), Spanish playwright
• Little Louie Vega (born 1965), American DJ, record producer and mixer
• Luis Vega (mathematician) (born 1960), Spanish mathematician
• Luis Vega Ramos (born 1965), Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
• Lydia de Vega (born 1964), Filipino athlete at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics
• Makenzie Vega (born 1994), American actress
• Mariana Vega (born 1985), Venezuelan singer-songwriter
• Óscar Vega (boxer) (born 1965), Spanish boxer at the 1992 Olympics
• Paulina Vega (born 1993), Colombian television host, beauty pageant title holder, Miss Universe 2014
• Paz Vega (born 1976), Spanish actress
• Silverio Vega (born 1956), Mayor of West New York, New Jersey
• Suzanne Vega (born 1959), American songwriter and singer (stepdaughter of Edgardo)
• Táta Vega (born 1951), American vocalist
• Tim Vega (1965–2002), American graphic designer (son of Edgardo)

Fictional characters[]

• Tori Vega from VICTORiOUS
• Trina Vega from VICTORiOUS
• Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction

See also[]

• Veiga (disambiguation), Portuguese variant
• De la Vega (disambiguation), Spanish variant

References[]

Surname list

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