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The surname Vanzandt

A surname, carried by 3,469 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V525

Vanzandt: #9,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vanzandt #9,378, 3,469 people Vanzandt: #9,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vanzandt #9,378, 3,469 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vanzandt is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,469 people named Vanzandt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,001 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,324.

#9,378
rank among US surnames
3,469
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+4.4%
change since 2000 (was #9,041)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,373Recker3,47188,950
#9,375Canaday3,47088,976
#9,378Foxworth3,46989,001
#9,381Frechette3,46889,027
#9,382Hennings3,46789,053
#9,384Geraghty3,46589,104

Who is named Vanzandt

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

87% of people named Vanzandt identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 87%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vanzandts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Steven Van Zandt
    American musician and actor (born 1950)
  • Townes Van Zandt
    American singer-songwriter, 1944–1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vanzandt

Vanzandt has the Soundex code V525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V525.

Questions

How common is the surname Vanzandt?
3,469 people in the United States had the surname Vanzandt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,001 Americans. It ranked 9,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vanzandt?
In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Vanzandt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vanzandt?
Steven Van Zandt, American musician and actor (born 1950), followed by Townes Van Zandt.
Where is the surname Vanzandt most common?
Wikidata records people named Vanzandt in the United States.
Is the surname Vanzandt getting more or less common?
More common. 3,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,469 in 2010, up 4.4%.