Skip to content

The surname Vien

A surname, carried by 1,031 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V500

Vien: #24,325 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Vien #24,325, 1,031 people Vien: #24,325 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Vien #24,325, 1,031 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vien is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,031 people named Vien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,462 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 871.

#24,325
rank among US surnames
1,031
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+18.4%
change since 2000 (was #26,361)

Who is named Vien

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

64% of people named Vien identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 64%
  • White (not Hispanic) 33%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vien

Vien has the Soundex code V500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V500.

Questions

How common is the surname Vien?
1,031 people in the United States had the surname Vien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,462 Americans. It ranked 24,325th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vien?
In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Vien identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Vien getting more or less common?
More common. 871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,031 in 2010, up 18%.