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    The surname Vanderlinden

    A surname, carried by 2,313 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V536

    Vanderlinden: #13,214 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanderlinden #13,214, 2,313 people Vanderlinden: #13,214 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanderlinden #13,214, 2,313 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanderlinden is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,313 people named Vanderlinden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,483 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,114.

    #13,214
    rank among US surnames
    2,313
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,240)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,210Wigfall2,314133,425
    #13,214Pattillo2,313133,483
    #13,219Devitt2,312133,540
    #13,221Vanvalkenburg2,311133,598

    Who is named Vanderlinden

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

    94% of people named Vanderlinden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vanderlindens

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marc Van Der Linden
      Belgian association football player, born 1964
    • Jef Van Der Linden
      Belgian footballer (1927-2008)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vanderlinden

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vanderlinden?
    2,313 people in the United States had the surname Vanderlinden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,483 Americans. It ranked 13,214th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vanderlinden?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vanderlinden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vanderlinden?
    Marc Van Der Linden, Belgian association football player, followed by Jef Van Der Linden.
    Where is the surname Vanderlinden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vanderlinden in Belgium.
    Is the surname Vanderlinden getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,313 in 2010, up 9.4%.