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The velez Surname

velez Name Meaning and History

Spanish (Vélez): patronymic from the personal name Vela.
Spanish (Vélez): habitational name from any of various places in Andalusia called Vélez.
Portuguese (Velez, Velêz): unexplained. It may be a habitational name from Vellés in Salamanca.

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Distribution of velez Families in the US in 1920

Number of velez families

295-588

99-294

1-98

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Thread	Author	Replies
Are you related to me?	Walleska Velez	12
VELEZ RAICES from LARES CAMUY, PR	SAbreu3909	60
looking for martha velez of puerto rico who moved to the bronx	inflight33	8
Velez name origin	Carla	5
Enrique D''Acosta	cynthia velez	2
Looking for Delores Velez originally from Roosevelt NY	Kathy Dukes	1
cannot find Alan Noel Velez father of my child	NICOLE	1
Busco info de los Velez en Camuy o Lares..	nicole	11
Lisa or Ralph Velez lost Half-Sister & Brother	Regina Velez	4
Velez in Naples FL	kimvlz0717	0

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