How common is the surname Vanvliet?

1,674 people in the United States had the surname Vanvliet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. It ranked 16,975th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vanvliet?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vanvliet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vanvliet?

Captain Beefheart, American musician and painter (1941-2010).

Where is the surname Vanvliet most common?

Wikidata records people named Vanvliet in the United States.

Is the surname Vanvliet getting more or less common?

More common. 1,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,674 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Vanvliet

A surname, carried by 1,674 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanvliet is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,674 people named Vanvliet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,511.

#16,975

rank among US surnames

1,674

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,253)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,968	Kintz	1,675	184,326
#16,975	Vanvliet	1,674	184,436
#16,984	Arita	1,673	184,546

Who is named Vanvliet

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

94% of people named Vanvliet identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vanvliets

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Captain Beefheart
American musician and painter (1941-2010)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanvliet

Vanvliet 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 Vanvliet?: 1,674 people in the United States had the surname Vanvliet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. It ranked 16,975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanvliet?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vanvliet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vanvliet?: Captain Beefheart, American musician and painter (1941-2010).
Where is the surname Vanvliet most common?: Wikidata records people named Vanvliet in the United States.
Is the surname Vanvliet getting more or less common?: More common. 1,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,674 in 2010, up 11%.