How common is the surname Vig?

1,077 people in the United States had the surname Vig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vig?

In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Vig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Vig?

Butch Vig, American musician and record producer.

Where is the surname Vig most common?

Wikidata records people named Vig in the United States.

Is the surname Vig getting more or less common?

More common. 949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Vig

A surname, carried by 1,077 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vig is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,077 people named Vig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 949.

#23,576

rank among US surnames

1,077

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.5%

change since 2000 (was #24,663)

Who is named Vig

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

75% of people named Vig identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vigs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Butch Vig
American musician and record producer, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vig

Vig 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 Vig?: 1,077 people in the United States had the surname Vig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vig?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Vig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Vig?: Butch Vig, American musician and record producer.
Where is the surname Vig most common?: Wikidata records people named Vig in the United States.
Is the surname Vig getting more or less common?: More common. 949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, up 14%.