# Vernon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vernon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,480 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,070 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,663 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (17,267 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɝnən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vernon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vernon in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Vernon

- Conrad Vernon, American film and television director, storyboard artist, writer and voice actor (born 196
- Ethan Vernon, British cyclist
- Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter
- Ursula Vernon, author, illustrator
- Dorothy Vernon, actress (1875-1970)
- Agnes Vernon, actress (1895-1948)
- Bobby Vernon, American actor (1897–1939)
- Mabel Vernon, American suffragist (1883–1975)
- Wally Vernon, American film actor (1905-1970)
- Irene Vernon, American actress (1922-1998)
- Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (1918-2008)
- Raymond Vernon, American economist (1913-1999)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Viramontes, Vroman, Varnum, Vrooman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.