How common is the surname Vermeulen?

1,781 people in the United States had the surname Vermeulen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,355 Americans. It ranked 16,214th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vermeulen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vermeulen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vermeulen?

Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer, followed by Alexey Vermeulen.

Where is the surname Vermeulen most common?

Wikidata records people named Vermeulen in Australia, the United States and Austria and 1 other country.

Is the surname Vermeulen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,781 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Vermeulen

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,781 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vermeulen is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

A surname from Dutch.

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 1,781 people named Vermeulen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,355 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,616.

#16,214

rank among US surnames

1,781

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,400)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,214	Loria	1,781	173,355
#16,219	Stennett	1,780	173,453

Who is named Vermeulen

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

94% of people named Vermeulen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

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 Vermeulens

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Vermeulen
Australian motorcycle racer, born 1982
Alexey Vermeulen
American cyclist, born 1994
Mika Vermeulen
Austrian skier and cyclist, born 1999
Jochem Vermeulen
Belgian athletics competitor, born 1998

Notable Vermeulens come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vermeulen

Vermillion

Vermeulen has the Soundex code V654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V654.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vermeulen come from?: Vermeulen is Dutch in origin.
How common is the surname Vermeulen?: 1,781 people in the United States had the surname Vermeulen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,355 Americans. It ranked 16,214th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vermeulen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vermeulen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vermeulen?: Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer, followed by Alexey Vermeulen.
Where is the surname Vermeulen most common?: Wikidata records people named Vermeulen in Australia, the United States and Austria and 1 other country.
Is the surname Vermeulen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,781 in 2010, up 10%.