The surname Vanegas
A Spanish surname, carried by 7,444 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex V522
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Vanegas. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,444 people named Vanegas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,476 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,795.
Who is named Vanegas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Vanegas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Vanegas
Vanegas has the Soundex code V522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V522.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Vanegas come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Vanegas. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia.
- How common is the surname Vanegas?
- 7,444 people in the United States had the surname Vanegas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,476 Americans. It ranked 4,756th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vanegas?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vanegas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Vanegas getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,795 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,444 in 2010, up 55%.