How common is the surname Vanfleet?

2,439 people in the United States had the surname Vanfleet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. It ranked 12,670th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vanfleet?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vanfleet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Vanfleet getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,439 in 2010, down 5.2%.

The surname Vanfleet

A surname, carried by 2,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanfleet is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,439 people named Vanfleet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. That is down 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,574.

#12,670

rank among US surnames

2,439

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-5.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,273)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,661	Basquez	2,442	126,431
#12,662	Horrell	2,441	126,483
#12,667	Klee	2,440	126,535
#12,670	Gilland	2,439	126,587
#12,676	Villasana	2,438	126,639

Who is named Vanfleet

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

95% of people named Vanfleet identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanfleet

Vanfleet has the Soundex code V514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V514.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanfleet?: 2,439 people in the United States had the surname Vanfleet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. It ranked 12,670th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanfleet?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vanfleet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Vanfleet getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,439 in 2010, down 5.2%.