How common is the surname Vankirk?

3,073 people in the United States had the surname Vankirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,470 Americans. It ranked 10,462nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vankirk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vankirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vankirk?

Theodore Van Kirk, American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star (1921–2014).

Where is the surname Vankirk most common?

Wikidata records people named Vankirk in the United States.

Is the surname Vankirk getting more or less common?

More common. 3,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,073 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Vankirk

A surname, carried by 3,073 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vankirk is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,073 people named Vankirk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,470 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,025.

#10,462

rank among US surnames

3,073

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,856)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,453	Mellen	3,076	100,372
#10,458	Hagar	3,075	100,405
#10,459	Doria	3,074	100,438
#10,462	Stecker	3,073	100,470
#10,465	Janzen	3,072	100,503
#10,466	McAlpin	3,071	100,536
#10,468	Carreiro	3,070	100,569

Who is named Vankirk

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

96% of people named Vankirk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vankirks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Theodore Van Kirk
American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star (1921–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vankirk

Vanacker

Vankirk has the Soundex code V526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V526.

Questions

How common is the surname Vankirk?: 3,073 people in the United States had the surname Vankirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,470 Americans. It ranked 10,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vankirk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vankirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vankirk?: Theodore Van Kirk, American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star (1921–2014).
Where is the surname Vankirk most common?: Wikidata records people named Vankirk in the United States.
Is the surname Vankirk getting more or less common?: More common. 3,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,073 in 2010, up 1.6%.