How common is the surname Vandever?

1,169 people in the United States had the surname Vandever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,111 Americans. It ranked 22,124th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vandever?

In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Vandever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Vandever getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,169 in 2010, down 3.5%.

The surname Vandever

A surname, carried by 1,169 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V531

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vandever is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,169 people named Vandever in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,111 Americans. That is down 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,212.

#22,124

rank among US surnames

1,169

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,382)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,124	Dejarnette	1,169	264,111
#22,131	Damelio	1,168	264,337

Who is named Vandever

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

77% of people named Vandever identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
American Indian and Alaska Native 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vandever

Vandever has the Soundex code V531, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V531.

Questions

How common is the surname Vandever?: 1,169 people in the United States had the surname Vandever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,111 Americans. It ranked 22,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vandever?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Vandever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Vandever getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,169 in 2010, down 3.5%.