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    The surname Vanbeek

    A Dutch surname, carried by 2,225 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V512

    Vanbeek: #13,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanbeek #13,616, 2,225 people Vanbeek: #13,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanbeek #13,616, 2,225 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanbeek is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    From Dutch van Beek.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,225 people named Vanbeek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,762 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,042.

    #13,616
    rank among US surnames
    2,225
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,628)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,612Rowlands2,226138,700
    #13,616Wootton2,225138,762
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887

    Who is named Vanbeek

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

    97% of people named Vanbeek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Beek

    Surnames that sound like Vanbeek

    Vanbeek has the Soundex code V512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V512.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vanbeek come from?
    From Dutch van Beek.
    How common is the surname Vanbeek?
    2,225 people in the United States had the surname Vanbeek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,762 Americans. It ranked 13,616th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vanbeek?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanbeek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Vanbeek getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,225 in 2010, up 9.0%.
    What are other spellings of Vanbeek?
    Beek.