How common is the surname Vansant?

2,340 people in the United States had the surname Vansant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. It ranked 13,101st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vansant?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Vansant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vansant?

Gus Van Sant, American film director, producer, photographer and musician (born 1952), followed by Samuel Rinnah Van Sant.

Where is the surname Vansant most common?

Wikidata records people named Vansant in the United States.

Is the surname Vansant getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,340 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Vansant

A surname, carried by 2,340 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vansant is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,340 people named Vansant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,342.

#13,101

rank among US surnames

2,340

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,197)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,096	Highland	2,342	131,830
#13,099	Lipford	2,341	131,886
#13,101	Vansant	2,340	131,943
#13,107	Glowacki	2,339	131,999
#13,109	Pabst	2,338	132,055

Who is named Vansant

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

92% of people named Vansant identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vansants

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gus Van Sant
American film director, producer, photographer and musician (born 1952)
Samuel Rinnah Van Sant
American politician (1844-1936)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vansant

Vansant has the Soundex code V525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V525.

Questions

How common is the surname Vansant?: 2,340 people in the United States had the surname Vansant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,943 Americans. It ranked 13,101st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vansant?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Vansant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vansant?: Gus Van Sant, American film director, producer, photographer and musician (born 1952), followed by Samuel Rinnah Van Sant.
Where is the surname Vansant most common?: Wikidata records people named Vansant in the United States.
Is the surname Vansant getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,340 in 2010, down 0.1%.