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The surname Vanwie

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,038 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V500

Vanwie: #24,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Vanwie #24,201, 1,038 people Vanwie: #24,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Vanwie #24,201, 1,038 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanwie is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

From Dutch Van Wie, from van+Wie.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,038 people named Vanwie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,012.

#24,201
rank among US surnames
1,038
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+2.6%
change since 2000 (was #23,428)

Who is named Vanwie

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

96% of people named Vanwie identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Wie

Surnames that sound like Vanwie

Vanwie has the Soundex code V500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V500.

Other Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vanwie come from?
From Dutch Van Wie, from van+Wie.
How common is the surname Vanwie?
1,038 people in the United States had the surname Vanwie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. It ranked 24,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanwie?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vanwie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Vanwie getting more or less common?
More common. 1,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,038 in 2010, up 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Vanwie?
Wie.