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    The surname Veenstra

    A Dutch surname, carried by 1,566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V523

    Veenstra: #17,864 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Veenstra #17,864, 1,566 people Veenstra: #17,864 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Veenstra #17,864, 1,566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Veenstra is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Veenstra and West Frisian Feenstra.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,566 people named Veenstra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,156 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,510.

    #17,864
    rank among US surnames
    1,566
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,260)

    Who is named Veenstra

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

    96% of people named Veenstra identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Veenstra come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Veenstra and West Frisian Feenstra.
    How common is the surname Veenstra?
    1,566 people in the United States had the surname Veenstra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,156 Americans. It ranked 17,864th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Veenstra?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Veenstra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Veenstra getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,566 in 2010, up 3.7%.