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The surname Vanderlaan

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,752 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V536

Vanderlaan: #16,420 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanderlaan #16,420, 1,752 people Vanderlaan: #16,420 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanderlaan #16,420, 1,752 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanderlaan is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + laan (“lane”).

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 1,752 people named Vanderlaan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,225 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,660.

#16,420
rank among US surnames
1,752
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+5.5%
change since 2000 (was #16,042)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,415Pietsch1,753176,124
#16,420Bardsley1,752176,225
#16,427McGeorge1,751176,325

Who is named Vanderlaan

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

94% of people named Vanderlaan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanderlaan

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

Other Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vanderlaan come from?
Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + laan (“lane”).
How common is the surname Vanderlaan?
1,752 people in the United States had the surname Vanderlaan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,225 Americans. It ranked 16,420th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanderlaan?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vanderlaan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Vanderlaan getting more or less common?
More common. 1,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,752 in 2010, up 5.5%.