# Vassar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vassar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,126 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,306 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,767 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (3,026 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vassar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vassar in the United States.

## People named Vassar

- Phil Vassar, American singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Vasser, Vickery, Vaccaro, Visser, Vizcarra, Vaquera, Vicari, Vejar, Vaquero, Vickrey, Vicario.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.