How common is the surname Venable?

10,333 people in the United States had the surname Venable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,880 Americans. It ranked 3,458th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Venable?

Evelyn Venable, American actress (1913–1993), followed by James L. Venable.

Where is the surname Venable most common?

Wikidata records people named Venable in the United States.

How do you pronounce Venable?

Venable is /ˈvɛn.ə.bl̩/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Venable getting more or less common?

More common. 10,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,333 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Venable

A surname, carried by 10,333 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈvɛn.ə.bl̩/ 3 syllables Soundex V514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Venable is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,333 people named Venable in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,880 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,150.

#3,458

rank among US surnames

10,333

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,234)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,449	Kozlowski	10,358	29,807
#3,450	Turk	10,354	29,819
#3,452	Tom	10,350	29,830
#3,453	Reichert	10,345	29,845
#3,454	Deguzman	10,341	29,856
#3,455	Paniagua	10,340	29,859
#3,456	Dupont	10,339	29,862

Who is named Venable

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

74% of people named Venable identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Venables

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Evelyn Venable
American actress (1913–1993)
James L. Venable
American composer, born 1967
Abraham B. Venable
American politician (1758-1811)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Venable

Venables

Venable has the Soundex code V514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V514.

Questions

How common is the surname Venable?: 10,333 people in the United States had the surname Venable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,880 Americans. It ranked 3,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Venable?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Venable identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Venable?: Evelyn Venable, American actress (1913–1993), followed by James L. Venable.
Where is the surname Venable most common?: Wikidata records people named Venable in the United States.
How do you pronounce Venable?: Venable is /ˈvɛn.ə.bl̩/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Venable getting more or less common?: More common. 10,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,333 in 2010, up 1.8%.