How common is the surname Vandenberg?

7,121 people in the United States had the surname Vandenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,357 Americans. It ranked 4,944th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vandenberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vandenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vandenberg?

Arthur Vandenberg, American politician (1884–1951), followed by Kim Vandenberg.

Where is the surname Vandenberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Vandenberg in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Vandenberg getting more or less common?

More common. 6,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,121 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Vandenberg

A Dutch surname, carried by 7,121 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vandenberg is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

From Dutch van den Berg: Dutch van (“of”) + den (“the”) + berg (“hill”).

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 7,121 people named Vandenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,357 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,395.

#4,944

rank among US surnames

7,121

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,035)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,940	Nation	7,125	43,333
#4,941	Rigsby	7,124	43,339
#4,942	Gooding	7,123	43,345
#4,944	Vandenberg	7,121	43,357

Who is named Vandenberg

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

95% of people named Vandenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vandenbergs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Vandenberg
American politician (1884–1951)
Kim Vandenberg
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, Pan American Games gold medalist, born 1983
Paul van den Berg
Belgian footballer, born 1936

Notable Vandenbergs come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vandenberg

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

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vandenberg come from?: From Dutch van den Berg: Dutch van (“of”) + den (“the”) + berg (“hill”).
How common is the surname Vandenberg?: 7,121 people in the United States had the surname Vandenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,357 Americans. It ranked 4,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vandenberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vandenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vandenberg?: Arthur Vandenberg, American politician (1884–1951), followed by Kim Vandenberg.
Where is the surname Vandenberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Vandenberg in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Vandenberg getting more or less common?: More common. 6,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,121 in 2010, up 11%.