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    The surname Vanallen

    A surname, carried by 2,397 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V545

    Vanallen: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanallen #12,842, 2,397 people Vanallen: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanallen #12,842, 2,397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanallen is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,397 people named Vanallen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,358.

    #12,842
    rank among US surnames
    2,397
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,133)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,833Vinci2,400128,644
    #12,835Digirolamo2,399128,698
    #12,837Perreira2,398128,751
    #12,842Bridgers2,397128,805
    #12,850Camilo2,396128,859

    Who is named Vanallen

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

    89% of people named Vanallen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vanallens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James A. Van Allen
      American astrophysicist (1914–2006)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vanallen

    Vanallen has the Soundex code V545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V545.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vanallen?
    2,397 people in the United States had the surname Vanallen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. It ranked 12,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vanallen?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Vanallen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vanallen?
    James A. Van Allen, American astrophysicist (1914–2006).
    Where is the surname Vanallen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vanallen in the United States.
    Is the surname Vanallen getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,397 in 2010, up 1.7%.