How common is the surname Vandermark?

1,612 people in the United States had the surname Vandermark in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vandermark?

Ken Vandermark, American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.

Where is the surname Vandermark most common?

Wikidata records people named Vandermark in the United States.

Is the surname Vandermark getting more or less common?

More common. 1,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Vandermark

A surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.

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). Vandermark is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,612 people named Vandermark in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,532.

#17,481

rank among US surnames

1,612

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,472	Wisneski	1,613	191,411
#17,481	Searls	1,612	191,529

Who is named Vandermark

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

96% of people named Vandermark identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

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 Vandermarks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vandermark

Vandermark 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 Vandermark?: 1,612 people in the United States had the surname Vandermark in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vandermark?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vandermark identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Vandermark?: Ken Vandermark, American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
Where is the surname Vandermark most common?: Wikidata records people named Vandermark in the United States.
Is the surname Vandermark getting more or less common?: More common. 1,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 5.2%.