Vea Family History

Spanish and Galician: habitational name, principally from Vea in Soria province, but in some cases from any of four places with the same name in Pontevedra province, Galicia. Catalan: habitational name from any of the places named Bea or Vea in the Catalan-speaking areas. Norwegian: habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from the plural of Old Norse viðr ‘wood’, ‘tree’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press