How common is the surname Vanderwall?

1,486 people in the United States had the surname Vanderwall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vanderwall?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanderwall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Vanderwall getting more or less common?

More common. 1,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Vanderwall

A surname, carried by 1,486 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). Vanderwall is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,486 people named Vanderwall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,418.

#18,561

rank among US surnames

1,486

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,120)

Who is named Vanderwall

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

97% of people named Vanderwall identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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 Vanderwall

Vanderwall 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 Vanderwall?: 1,486 people in the United States had the surname Vanderwall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanderwall?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanderwall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Vanderwall getting more or less common?: More common. 1,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, up 4.8%.