How common is the surname Vanderbilt?

1,822 people in the United States had the surname Vanderbilt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. It ranked 15,947th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vanderbilt?

Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and tycoon (1794–1877), followed by Gloria Vanderbilt.

Where is the surname Vanderbilt most common?

Wikidata records people named Vanderbilt in the United States.

How do you pronounce Vanderbilt?

Vanderbilt is /ˈvæn.dɚ.bɪlt/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Vanderbilt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,822 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Vanderbilt

A surname, carried by 1,822 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈvæn.dɚ.bɪlt/ 3 syllables Soundex V536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanderbilt is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

From Dutch van der Bilt, from van+der+De Bilt or Bilt. Literally, “from De Bilt, Netherlands”.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,822 people named Vanderbilt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,717.

#15,947

rank among US surnames

1,822

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,938	Allyn	1,823	169,361
#15,947	Butner	1,822	169,454
#15,955	Brightman	1,821	169,547

Who is named Vanderbilt

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

78% of people named Vanderbilt identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vanderbilts

20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cornelius Vanderbilt
American businessman and tycoon (1794–1877)
Gloria Vanderbilt
American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
American sculptor (1875-1942)
James Vanderbilt
American screenwriter, born 1975
Consuelo Vanderbilt
American socialite (1877-1964)
William Henry Vanderbilt
American businessman and philanthropist (1821–1885)
Jarred Vanderbilt
American basketball player (born 1999)
William Henry Vanderbilt III
59th Governor of Rhode Island (1901–1981)
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
American socialite (1904-1965)
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
American bridge player, yachtsman, and railroad executive (1884–1970)
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt I
American businessman (1877–1915)
William Kissam Vanderbilt I
American railroad manager and horse breeder (1849–1920)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt has the Soundex code V536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V536.

Questions

Where does the surname Vanderbilt come from?: From Dutch van der Bilt, from van+der+De Bilt or Bilt. Literally, “from De Bilt, Netherlands”.
How common is the surname Vanderbilt?: 1,822 people in the United States had the surname Vanderbilt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. It ranked 15,947th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanderbilt?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Vanderbilt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vanderbilt?: Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and tycoon (1794–1877), followed by Gloria Vanderbilt.
Where is the surname Vanderbilt most common?: Wikidata records people named Vanderbilt in the United States.
How do you pronounce Vanderbilt?: Vanderbilt is /ˈvæn.dɚ.bɪlt/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Vanderbilt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,822 in 2010, up 6.1%.