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    The surname Vandermeulen

    A surname, carried by 1,274 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V536

    Vandermeulen: #20,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vandermeulen #20,750, 1,274 people Vandermeulen: #20,750 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vandermeulen #20,750, 1,274 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vandermeulen is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,274 people named Vandermeulen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,194.

    #20,750
    rank among US surnames
    1,274
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,618)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,750Sanroman1,274242,343
    #20,758Pintado1,273242,534

    Who is named Vandermeulen

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

    96% of people named Vandermeulen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vandermeulen

    Vandermeulen 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 Vandermeulen?
    1,274 people in the United States had the surname Vandermeulen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. It ranked 20,750th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vandermeulen?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vandermeulen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Vandermeulen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,274 in 2010, up 6.7%.