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    The surname Vanhoy

    A surname, carried by 1,662 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V500

    Vanhoy: #17,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanhoy #17,080, 1,662 people Vanhoy: #17,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanhoy #17,080, 1,662 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanhoy is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,662 people named Vanhoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,614.

    #17,080
    rank among US surnames
    1,662
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,422)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,072Flinchum1,663185,656
    #17,080Wile1,662185,767
    #17,087Kendig1,661185,879

    Who is named Vanhoy

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

    97% of people named Vanhoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vanhoy

    Vanhoy has the Soundex code V500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vanhoy?
    1,662 people in the United States had the surname Vanhoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. It ranked 17,080th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vanhoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vanhoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Vanhoy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,662 in 2010, up 3.0%.