How common is the surname Vandenheuvel?

2,176 people in the United States had the surname Vandenheuvel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,887 Americans. It ranked 13,883rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vandenheuvel?

Katrina vanden Heuvel, American writer, editor, publisher, activist.

Where is the surname Vandenheuvel most common?

Wikidata records people named Vandenheuvel in the United States.

Is the surname Vandenheuvel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,176 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Vandenheuvel

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,176 people in the United States.

4 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). Vandenheuvel is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch van den Heuvel (“of/from the 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 2,176 people named Vandenheuvel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,887 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,944.

#13,883

rank among US surnames

2,176

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+11.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,874	Hymes	2,177	141,822
#13,883	Vandenheuvel	2,176	141,887
#13,884	Essig	2,175	141,952
#13,887	Ruggieri	2,174	142,017

Who is named Vandenheuvel

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

96% of people named Vandenheuvel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vandenheuvels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Katrina vanden Heuvel
American writer, editor, publisher, activist, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vandenheuvel

Vandenheuvel 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 Vandenheuvel come from?: Borrowed from Dutch van den Heuvel (“of/from the hill”).
How common is the surname Vandenheuvel?: 2,176 people in the United States had the surname Vandenheuvel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,887 Americans. It ranked 13,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vandenheuvel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vandenheuvel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Vandenheuvel?: Katrina vanden Heuvel, American writer, editor, publisher, activist.
Where is the surname Vandenheuvel most common?: Wikidata records people named Vandenheuvel in the United States.
Is the surname Vandenheuvel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,176 in 2010, up 12%.