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The surname Vanderploeg

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,637 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V536

Vanderploeg: #17,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanderploeg #17,290, 1,637 people Vanderploeg: #17,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanderploeg #17,290, 1,637 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanderploeg is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch van der Ploeg.

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 1,637 people named Vanderploeg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,604 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,522.

#17,290
rank among US surnames
1,637
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+7.6%
change since 2000 (was #17,170)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,283Semon1,638188,489
#17,290Guilbeau1,637188,604

Who is named Vanderploeg

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

97% of people named Vanderploeg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
  • 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 Vanderploeg

Vanderploeg 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 Vanderploeg come from?
Borrowed from Dutch van der Ploeg.
How common is the surname Vanderploeg?
1,637 people in the United States had the surname Vanderploeg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,604 Americans. It ranked 17,290th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanderploeg?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanderploeg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Vanderploeg getting more or less common?
More common. 1,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,637 in 2010, up 7.6%.