The surname Vaz
A surname, carried by 2,317 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex V200
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,317 people named Vaz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,252 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,789.
#13,190
rank among US surnames
2,317
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+29.5%
change since 2000 (was #15,125)
Who is named Vaz
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
52% of people named Vaz identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 52%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
- Black (not Hispanic) 16%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Vaz
Vaz 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 Vaz?
- 2,317 people in the United States had the surname Vaz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,252 Americans. It ranked 13,190th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vaz?
- In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Vaz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Vaz getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,317 in 2010, up 30%.