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    The surname Vandam

    A surname, carried by 2,277 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V535

    Vandam: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vandam #13,376, 2,277 people Vandam: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vandam #13,376, 2,277 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vandam is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,277 people named Vandam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,031.

    #13,376
    rank among US surnames
    2,277
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,696)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,368Isler2,280135,415
    #13,370Hatmaker2,279135,474
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653

    Who is named Vandam

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

    93% of people named Vandam identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vandams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • José van Dam
      Belgian bass-baritone opera singer (1940–2026)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vandam

    Vandam has the Soundex code V535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V535.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vandam?
    2,277 people in the United States had the surname Vandam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. It ranked 13,376th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vandam?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vandam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vandam?
    José van Dam, Belgian bass-baritone opera singer (1940–2026).
    Where is the surname Vandam most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vandam in Belgium.
    Is the surname Vandam getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,277 in 2010, up 12%.