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    The surname Vanvoorhis

    A surname, carried by 1,387 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V516

    Vanvoorhis: #19,480 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanvoorhis #19,480, 1,387 people Vanvoorhis: #19,480 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanvoorhis #19,480, 1,387 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanvoorhis is more common than 88% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,387 people named Vanvoorhis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,350.

    #19,480
    rank among US surnames
    1,387
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #18,775)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,480Vanvoorhis1,387222,600
    #19,489Pulsifer1,386222,760

    Who is named Vanvoorhis

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

    96% of people named Vanvoorhis identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Vanvoorhis

    Vanvoorhis has the Soundex code V516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vanvoorhis?
    1,387 people in the United States had the surname Vanvoorhis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. It ranked 19,480th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vanvoorhis?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vanvoorhis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Vanvoorhis getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,387 in 2010, up 2.7%.