How common is the surname Vanwyk?

1,940 people in the United States had the surname Vanwyk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,147 Americans. It ranked 15,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vanwyk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vanwyk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Vanwyk getting more or less common?

More common. 443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,940 in 2010, up 338%.

The surname Vanwyk

A surname, carried by 1,940 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanwyk is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,940 people named Vanwyk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,147 Americans. That is up 338% since 2000, when the Census counted 443.

#15,183

rank among US surnames

1,940

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+337.9%

change since 2000 (was #45,482)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,178	Llanas	1,941	159,065
#15,183	Stiver	1,940	159,147

Who is named Vanwyk

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

96% of people named Vanwyk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanwyk

Vanwyk has the Soundex code V520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V520.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanwyk?: 1,940 people in the United States had the surname Vanwyk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,147 Americans. It ranked 15,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanwyk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vanwyk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Vanwyk getting more or less common?: More common. 443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,940 in 2010, up 338%.