How common is the surname Vandermeer?

1,710 people in the United States had the surname Vandermeer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. It ranked 16,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vandermeer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vandermeer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vandermeer?

Jeff VanderMeer, American writer (born 1968).

Where is the surname Vandermeer most common?

Wikidata records people named Vandermeer in the United States.

Is the surname Vandermeer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,710 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Vandermeer

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,710 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). Vandermeer is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + meer (“lake”).

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 1,710 people named Vandermeer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,614.

#16,728

rank among US surnames

1,710

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,422)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,720	Deeb	1,711	180,447
#16,728	Rivenbark	1,710	180,553
#16,734	Forbush	1,709	180,659

Who is named Vandermeer

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

94% of people named Vandermeer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vandermeers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff VanderMeer
American writer (born 1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vandermeer

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

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vandermeer come from?: Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + meer (“lake”).
How common is the surname Vandermeer?: 1,710 people in the United States had the surname Vandermeer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. It ranked 16,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vandermeer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vandermeer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vandermeer?: Jeff VanderMeer, American writer (born 1968).
Where is the surname Vandermeer most common?: Wikidata records people named Vandermeer in the United States.
Is the surname Vandermeer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,710 in 2010, up 5.9%.