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The surname Vanbuskirk

A surname, carried by 5,073 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V512

Vanbuskirk: #6,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanbuskirk #6,663, 5,073 people Vanbuskirk: #6,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanbuskirk #6,663, 5,073 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanbuskirk is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,073 people named Vanbuskirk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,861 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,962.

#6,663
rank among US surnames
5,073
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,321)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,654Brotherton5,08660,705
#6,655Galbreath5,08360,741
#6,656Burson5,08260,753
#6,657Hammack5,08060,777
#6,658Beauregard5,07860,801
#6,661Forest5,07660,825
#6,662Dore5,07560,837

Who is named Vanbuskirk

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

94% of people named Vanbuskirk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanbuskirk

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

Questions

How common is the surname Vanbuskirk?
5,073 people in the United States had the surname Vanbuskirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,861 Americans. It ranked 6,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanbuskirk?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vanbuskirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Vanbuskirk getting more or less common?
More common. 4,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,073 in 2010, up 2.2%.