The De Vera Last Name

It is easy to miss De Vera in an index if you only search for Vera. Read literally, De Vera points to “Riverbank, edge”.

A variant of Vera

With its De prefix, De Vera keeps Vera intact and marks belonging in the older style. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Veras.

4,386 Americans were listed as De Vera in the 2010 census.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named De Vera, so the heraldry linked to Vera is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete De Vera report, with a museum-style coat of arms.