# Vanmeter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vanmeter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,305 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,281 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,176 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (7,981 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch van Meter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vanmeter in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Vanmatre, Vandermeer, Venters, Vannatter, Venter, Ventura, Vanderpool, Vanderbilt, Vandergriff, Vanderlinden, Vanderhoof, Vanderveen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.