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    The surname Vann

    A surname, carried by 15,416 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V500 Also a first name

    Vann: #2,366 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Vann #2,366, 15,416 people Vann: #2,366 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vann #2,366, 15,416 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vann is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,416 people named Vann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,028 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,602.

    #2,366
    rank among US surnames
    15,416
    people in 2010
    5.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,280)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,357Carlos15,46219,968
    #2,358Antonio15,46119,969
    #2,359McKinnon15,45019,984
    #2,360Tabor15,44519,990
    #2,361Tinsley15,44219,994
    #2,363Dawkins15,43120,008
    #2,364Sauer15,43020,009

    Who is named Vann

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

    53% of people named Vann identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.6%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vanns

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marc Vann
      American actor, born 1954
    • Kevin Vann
      Bishop of Orange in California, born 1951
    • Amirah Vann
      American actress, born 1980
    • Cherry Vann
      Archbishop of Wales, born 1958

    Notable Vanns come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vann

    Vann 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 Vann?
    15,416 people in the United States had the surname Vann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,028 Americans. It ranked 2,366th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vann?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Vann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vann?
    Marc Vann, American actor, followed by Kevin Vann.
    Where is the surname Vann most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vann in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Vann getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,416 in 2010, up 5.6%.
    Is Vann also a first name?
    Yes. Vann is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.