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    The surname Vest

    A surname, carried by 11,405 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V230

    Vest: #3,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Vest #3,164, 11,405 people Vest: #3,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vest #3,164, 11,405 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vest is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,405 people named Vest in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,071 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,368.

    #3,164
    rank among US surnames
    11,405
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,904)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,155Gooch11,45326,958
    #3,156Baumgartner11,44826,969
    #3,157Devore11,44526,976
    #3,158Hyman11,43626,998
    #3,159Wenzel11,43227,007
    #3,160Janssen11,42327,028
    #3,161Lauer11,41427,050

    Who is named Vest

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

    91% of people named Vest identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Vests

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles M. Vest
      American mechanical engineer (1941-2013)
    • Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest
      Austrian physician and botanist (1776-1840)

    Notable Vests come mostly from the United States (1) and the Austrian Empire (1).

    Questions

    How common is the surname Vest?
    11,405 people in the United States had the surname Vest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,071 Americans. It ranked 3,164th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vest?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Vest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Vest?
    Charles M. Vest, American mechanical engineer (1941-2013), followed by Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest.
    Where is the surname Vest most common?
    Wikidata records people named Vest in the United States and the Austrian Empire.
    Is the surname Vest getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,368 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,405 in 2010, up 0.3%.