How common is the surname Vanacker?

797 people in the United States had the surname Vanacker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 387,385 Americans. It ranked 29,581st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vanacker?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanacker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vanacker?

Achille Van Acker, Belgian former prime minister (1898-1975), followed by Drew Van Acker.

Where is the surname Vanacker most common?

Wikidata records people named Vanacker in Belgium and the United States.

Is the surname Vanacker getting more or less common?

More common. 737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 797 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Vanacker

A surname, carried by 797 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanacker is more common than 81.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 797 people named Vanacker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 387,385 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 737.

#29,581

rank among US surnames

797

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #30,023)

Who is named Vanacker

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Vanacker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vanackers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Achille Van Acker
Belgian former prime minister (1898-1975)
Drew Van Acker
American actor, born 1986
Charles Van Acker
Auto racer (1912–1998)
Lily Castel
Belgian singer, born 1937

Notable Vanackers come mostly from Belgium (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vanacker

Vankirk

Vanacker has the Soundex code V526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V526.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanacker?: 797 people in the United States had the surname Vanacker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 387,385 Americans. It ranked 29,581st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanacker?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanacker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vanacker?: Achille Van Acker, Belgian former prime minister (1898-1975), followed by Drew Van Acker.
Where is the surname Vanacker most common?: Wikidata records people named Vanacker in Belgium and the United States.
Is the surname Vanacker getting more or less common?: More common. 737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 797 in 2010, up 8.1%.