The surname Vanhook
A surname, carried by 3,720 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex V520
Origin
From the Dutch surname, from van + Hook, variant of Hoek.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,720 people named Vanhook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,996 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,425.
Who is named Vanhook
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Vanhook identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 18%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Vanhook has the Soundex code V520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V520.
Questions
- Where does the surname Vanhook come from?
- From the Dutch surname, from van + Hook, variant of Hoek.
- How common is the surname Vanhook?
- 3,720 people in the United States had the surname Vanhook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,996 Americans. It ranked 8,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vanhook?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Vanhook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Vanhook getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,720 in 2010, up 8.6%.