The surname Vanburen
A surname, carried by 5,874 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex V516
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,874 people named Vanburen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,561 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,789.
Who is named Vanburen
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Vanburen identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 19%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Vanburens
3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Mabel Van BurenAmerican actress (1878-1947)
- Steve Van BurenAmerican football player (1920–2012)
- Amelia Van BurenAmerican photographer, 1856–1942
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Vanburen
Vanburen has the Soundex code V516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V516.
Questions
- How common is the surname Vanburen?
- 5,874 people in the United States had the surname Vanburen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,561 Americans. It ranked 5,874th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vanburen?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Vanburen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Vanburen?
- Mabel Van Buren, American actress (1878-1947), followed by Steve Van Buren.
- Where is the surname Vanburen most common?
- Wikidata records people named Vanburen in the United States.
- Is the surname Vanburen getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,874 in 2010, up 1.5%.