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Early Origins of the Vestal family

The surname Vestal was first found in Switzerland, where the name Vest made a great early contribution to the feudal society which shaped the early development of Europe. The name Vest became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts, each group striving to obtain power and status in a constantly changing territorial profile.

Early History of the Vestal family

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Vestal Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vest, Veste, Vester, Vestert, Vesten, Vestens and many more.

Early Notables of the Vestal family

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Vestal Ranking

In the United States, the name Vestal is the 6,830th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1


United States Vestal migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vestal Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • J. Vest and R. R. Vestal, who settled in San Francisco in 1851
  • R R Vestal, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vestal (post 1700) +

  • Walter A. Vestal, American politician, Mayor of Coronado, California, 1954-56, 1964-66 3
  • P. C. Vestal, American politician, Member of North Carolina State House of Representatives from Edgecombe County, 1905-08 3
  • Maude Vestal, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1940 3
  • Ina Vestal, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1952 (alternate), 1960, 1964 (alternate) 3
  • Billy Vestal, American politician, Candidate for Mayor of Eden, North Carolina, 2009 3
  • Albert Henry Vestal (1875-1932), American Republican politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1917-32 3


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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