How common is the surname Vass?

2,563 people in the United States had the surname Vass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. It ranked 12,156th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vass?

Ádám Vass, association footballer.

Where is the surname Vass most common?

Wikidata records people named Vass in Hungary.

Is the surname Vass getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,563 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Vass

A surname, carried by 2,563 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vass is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,563 people named Vass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,594.

#12,156

rank among US surnames

2,563

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,207)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,148	Rosato	2,565	120,369
#12,153	Buff	2,564	120,416
#12,156	Noack	2,563	120,463
#12,164	Lustig	2,562	120,510

Who is named Vass

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

83% of people named Vass identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vasss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ádám Vass
Association footballer, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vass

Vass has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.

Questions

How common is the surname Vass?: 2,563 people in the United States had the surname Vass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. It ranked 12,156th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vass?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Vass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vass?: Ádám Vass, association footballer.
Where is the surname Vass most common?: Wikidata records people named Vass in Hungary.
Is the surname Vass getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,563 in 2010, down 1.2%.