How common is the surname Vanleeuwen?

1,397 people in the United States had the surname Vanleeuwen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,006 Americans. It ranked 19,364th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vanleeuwen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vanleeuwen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vanleeuwen?

Troy Van Leeuwen, American musician and record producer.

Where is the surname Vanleeuwen most common?

Wikidata records people named Vanleeuwen in the United States.

Is the surname Vanleeuwen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,397 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Vanleeuwen

A surname, carried by 1,397 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V545

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanleeuwen is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,397 people named Vanleeuwen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,006 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,316.

#19,364

rank among US surnames

1,397

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,118)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,364	Vlahos	1,397	221,006
#19,372	Crass	1,396	221,164

Who is named Vanleeuwen

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

93% of people named Vanleeuwen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vanleeuwens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Troy Van Leeuwen
American musician and record producer, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanleeuwen

Vanleeuwen has the Soundex code V545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V545.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanleeuwen?: 1,397 people in the United States had the surname Vanleeuwen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,006 Americans. It ranked 19,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanleeuwen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vanleeuwen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vanleeuwen?: Troy Van Leeuwen, American musician and record producer.
Where is the surname Vanleeuwen most common?: Wikidata records people named Vanleeuwen in the United States.
Is the surname Vanleeuwen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,397 in 2010, up 6.2%.