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    The surname Vandoren

    A surname, carried by 1,845 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V536

    Vandoren: #15,788 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vandoren #15,788, 1,845 people Vandoren: #15,788 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vandoren #15,788, 1,845 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vandoren is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,845 people named Vandoren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,342 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,844.

    #15,788
    rank among US surnames
    1,845
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,771)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,784Sood1,846167,251
    #15,788Vandoren1,845167,342
    #15,792Waddy1,844167,433

    Who is named Vandoren

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

    92% of people named Vandoren identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vandorens

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mamie Van Doren
      American actress, born 1931
    • Mark Van Doren
      American poet and literary critic (1894–1972)
    • Carl Van Doren
      American biographer (1885-1950)
    • Arthur Van Doren
      Belgian field hockey player, born 1994

    Notable Vandorens come mostly from the United States (3) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vandoren

    Vandoren 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 Vandoren?
    1,845 people in the United States had the surname Vandoren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,342 Americans. It ranked 15,788th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vandoren?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Vandoren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Vandoren?
    Mamie Van Doren, American actress, followed by Mark Van Doren.
    Where is the surname Vandoren most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vandoren in the United States and Belgium.
    Is the surname Vandoren getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,845 in 2010, up 0.1%.