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    The surname Vasser

    A French surname, carried by 1,856 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V260

    Vasser: #15,712 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vasser #15,712, 1,856 people Vasser: #15,712 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vasser #15,712, 1,856 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vasser is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,856 people named Vasser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,350 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,583.

    #15,712
    rank among US surnames
    1,856
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,655)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,709Tibbitts1,857166,260
    #15,712Maass1,856166,350
    #15,719Broadhurst1,855166,440

    Who is named Vasser

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

    53% of people named Vasser identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Vassers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jimmy Vasser
      American racecar driver and team owner, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vasser

    Vasser has the Soundex code V260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V260.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vasser come from?
    Vasser is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Vasser?
    1,856 people in the United States had the surname Vasser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,350 Americans. It ranked 15,712th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vasser?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Vasser identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vasser?
    Jimmy Vasser, American racecar driver and team owner.
    Where is the surname Vasser most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vasser in the United States.
    Is the surname Vasser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,856 in 2010, up 17%.