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    The surname Vess

    A surname, carried by 2,274 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V200

    Vess: #13,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Vess #13,397, 2,274 people Vess: #13,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vess #13,397, 2,274 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vess is more common than 91.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,274 people named Vess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,232.

    #13,397
    rank among US surnames
    2,274
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,705)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712
    #13,397Vess2,274135,772

    Who is named Vess

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

    94% of people named Vess identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vesss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Vess
      American illustrator, born 1951

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Vess

    Vess has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vess?
    2,274 people in the United States had the surname Vess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. It ranked 13,397th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vess?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Vess?
    Charles Vess, American illustrator.
    Where is the surname Vess most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vess in the United States.
    Is the surname Vess getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,274 in 2010, up 1.9%.