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    The surname Vanvalkenburg

    A surname, carried by 2,311 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex V514

    Vanvalkenburg: #13,221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanvalkenburg #13,221, 2,311 people Vanvalkenburg: #13,221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanvalkenburg #13,221, 2,311 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanvalkenburg 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 2,311 people named Vanvalkenburg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,598 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,213.

    #13,221
    rank among US surnames
    2,311
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,783)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,214Pattillo2,313133,483
    #13,219Devitt2,312133,540
    #13,221Vanvalkenburg2,311133,598
    #13,226Mance2,310133,656
    #13,230Prindle2,309133,714

    Who is named Vanvalkenburg

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

    96% of people named Vanvalkenburg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vanvalkenburg

    Vanvalkenburg has the Soundex code V514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V514.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vanvalkenburg?
    2,311 people in the United States had the surname Vanvalkenburg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,598 Americans. It ranked 13,221st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vanvalkenburg?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vanvalkenburg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Vanvalkenburg getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,311 in 2010, up 4.4%.