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The surname Vanderveen

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,078 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V536

Vanderveen: #14,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanderveen #14,382, 2,078 people Vanderveen: #14,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanderveen #14,382, 2,078 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanderveen is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch van der Veen.

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 2,078 people named Vanderveen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,006.

#14,382
rank among US surnames
2,078
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3.6%
change since 2000 (was #13,825)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,374Sclafani2,080148,435
#14,378Litwin2,079148,507
#14,382Fails2,078148,578

Who is named Vanderveen

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

95% of people named Vanderveen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
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 Vanderveen

Vanderveen 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 Vanderveen come from?
Borrowed from Dutch van der Veen.
How common is the surname Vanderveen?
2,078 people in the United States had the surname Vanderveen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. It ranked 14,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanderveen?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vanderveen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Vanderveen getting more or less common?
More common. 2,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,078 in 2010, up 3.6%.