How common is the surname Vogelsang?

1,891 people in the United States had the surname Vogelsang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. It ranked 15,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vogelsang?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vogelsang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vogelsang?

Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang, Austrian politician (1818–1890).

Where is the surname Vogelsang most common?

Wikidata records people named Vogelsang in the Kingdom of Prussia.

Is the surname Vogelsang getting more or less common?

More common. 1,846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,891 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Vogelsang

A German surname, carried by 1,891 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vogelsang is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Vogelsang.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,891 people named Vogelsang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,846.

#15,483

rank among US surnames

1,891

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,755)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,477	Parga	1,892	163,185
#15,483	Gridley	1,891	163,271

Who is named Vogelsang

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

93% of people named Vogelsang identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vogelsangs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang
Austrian politician (1818–1890)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Fugelsang

Vogelsang has the Soundex code V242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V242.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vogelsang come from?: Borrowed from German Vogelsang.
How common is the surname Vogelsang?: 1,891 people in the United States had the surname Vogelsang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. It ranked 15,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vogelsang?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vogelsang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vogelsang?: Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang, Austrian politician (1818–1890).
Where is the surname Vogelsang most common?: Wikidata records people named Vogelsang in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Is the surname Vogelsang getting more or less common?: More common. 1,846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,891 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Vogelsang?: Fugelsang.