How common is the surname Vital?

5,004 people in the United States had the surname Vital in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. It ranked 6,739th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Vital getting more or less common?

More common. 3,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,004 in 2010, up 36%.

Is Vital also a first name?

Yes. Vital is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Vital

A surname, carried by 5,004 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V340 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vital is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,004 people named Vital in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,674.

#6,739

rank among US surnames

5,004

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+36.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,294)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,735	Dinsmore	5,008	61,650
#6,736	Gerhardt	5,007	61,663
#6,737	McShane	5,006	61,675
#6,739	Torrey	5,004	61,700
#6,744	Elwood	5,000	61,749

Who is named Vital

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

53% of people named Vital identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 15% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
White (not Hispanic) 15%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vital

Vital has the Soundex code V340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V340.

Questions

How common is the surname Vital?: 5,004 people in the United States had the surname Vital in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. It ranked 6,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vital?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Vital identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Vital getting more or less common?: More common. 3,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,004 in 2010, up 36%.
Is Vital also a first name?: Yes. Vital is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.