How common is the surname Vanfossen?

2,147 people in the United States had the surname Vanfossen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,803 Americans. It ranked 14,030th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Vanfossen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,147 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Vanfossen

A surname, carried by 2,147 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanfossen is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,147 people named Vanfossen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,803 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,114.

#14,030

rank among US surnames

2,147

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,240)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,025	Blackmer	2,148	143,736
#14,030	Dziedzic	2,147	143,803
#14,038	Sang	2,146	143,870

Who is named Vanfossen

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

97% of people named Vanfossen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanfossen?: 2,147 people in the United States had the surname Vanfossen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,803 Americans. It ranked 14,030th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanfossen?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanfossen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Vanfossen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,147 in 2010, up 1.6%.