How common is the surname Vandiver?

6,263 people in the United States had the surname Vandiver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,297 Americans. It ranked 5,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vandiver?

Harry Vandiver, American mathematician (1882–1973), followed by Ernest Vandiver.

Where is the surname Vandiver most common?

Wikidata records people named Vandiver in the United States.

Is the surname Vandiver getting more or less common?

More common. 5,965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,263 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Vandiver

A Dutch place surname, carried by 6,263 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). Vandiver is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Americanized form of Dutch van Duiver, a habitational surname for someone from Duiven.

Vandiver is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 6,263 people named Vandiver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,297 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,965.

#5,551

rank among US surnames

6,263

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #5,375)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,545	Doucet	6,267	49,265
#5,547	Barham	6,266	49,273
#5,549	Almazan	6,265	49,281
#5,551	Chilton	6,263	49,297
#5,553	Schatz	6,261	49,312

Who is named Vandiver

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

86% of people named Vandiver identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vandivers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harry Vandiver
American mathematician (1882–1973)
Ernest Vandiver
American politician from Georgia (1918–2005)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vandiver

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

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vandiver come from?: Americanized form of Dutch van Duiver, a habitational surname for someone from Duiven.
How common is the surname Vandiver?: 6,263 people in the United States had the surname Vandiver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,297 Americans. It ranked 5,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vandiver?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Vandiver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vandiver?: Harry Vandiver, American mathematician (1882–1973), followed by Ernest Vandiver.
Where is the surname Vandiver most common?: Wikidata records people named Vandiver in the United States.
What type of surname is Vandiver?: Vandiver is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Vandiver getting more or less common?: More common. 5,965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,263 in 2010, up 5.0%.