How common is the surname Vaux?

423 people in the United States had the surname Vaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 729,895 Americans. It ranked 49,636th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vaux?

In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Vaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Vaux?

Calvert Vaux, Anglo-American architect (1824-1895), followed by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Where is the surname Vaux most common?

Wikidata records people named Vaux in the United States.

Is the surname Vaux getting more or less common?

Less common. 426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 423 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Vaux

A French surname, carried by 423 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). Vaux is more common than 69.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

English, Scottish, and French name, all from placenames in France derived from Old French val (“valley”).

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 423 people named Vaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 729,895 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 426.

#49,636

rank among US surnames

423

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #46,944)

Who is named Vaux

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

99% of people named Vaux identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 99%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vauxs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Calvert Vaux
Anglo-American architect (1824-1895)
Mary Vaux Walcott
American artist, photographer, botanist and naturalist (1860-1940)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vaux

Vause

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vaux come from?: English, Scottish, and French name, all from placenames in France derived from Old French val (“valley”).
How common is the surname Vaux?: 423 people in the United States had the surname Vaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 729,895 Americans. It ranked 49,636th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vaux?: In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Vaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Vaux?: Calvert Vaux, Anglo-American architect (1824-1895), followed by Mary Vaux Walcott.
Where is the surname Vaux most common?: Wikidata records people named Vaux in the United States.
Is the surname Vaux getting more or less common?: Less common. 426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 423 in 2010, down 0.7%.