How common is the surname Vedder?

2,058 people in the United States had the surname Vedder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,022 Americans. It ranked 14,495th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vedder?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vedder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vedder?

Eddie Vedder, American singer and guitarist, followed by Elihu Vedder.

Where is the surname Vedder most common?

Wikidata records people named Vedder in the United States.

Is the surname Vedder getting more or less common?

More common. 1,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,058 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Vedder

A surname, carried by 2,058 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vedder is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,058 people named Vedder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,022 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,976.

#14,495

rank among US surnames

2,058

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,006)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,489	Freels	2,060	149,876
#14,492	Stiefel	2,059	149,949
#14,495	Cazarez	2,058	150,022

Who is named Vedder

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

93% of people named Vedder identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vedders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eddie Vedder
American singer and guitarist, born 1964
Elihu Vedder
American artist (1836–1923)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vedder

Vetter

Vedder has the Soundex code V360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V360.

Questions

How common is the surname Vedder?: 2,058 people in the United States had the surname Vedder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,022 Americans. It ranked 14,495th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vedder?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vedder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vedder?: Eddie Vedder, American singer and guitarist, followed by Elihu Vedder.
Where is the surname Vedder most common?: Wikidata records people named Vedder in the United States.
Is the surname Vedder getting more or less common?: More common. 1,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,058 in 2010, up 4.1%.