How common is the surname Voorhees?

5,720 people in the United States had the surname Voorhees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,976 Americans. It ranked 6,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Voorhees?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Voorhees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Voorhees?

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, (1827-1897) American politician, followed by Debi Sue Voorhees.

Where is the surname Voorhees most common?

Wikidata records people named Voorhees in the United States.

How do you pronounce Voorhees?

Voorhees is /ˈvɔɹhiz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Voorhees getting more or less common?

More common. 5,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,720 in 2010, up 1.2%.

What are other spellings of Voorhees?

Voorheis, Voorhies, Voorhes, Voorhis and Vorhies.

The surname Voorhees

A Dutch surname, carried by 5,720 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈvɔɹhiz/ 2 syllables Soundex V620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Voorhees is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Anglicization of Dutch (van) voor Hees (“(from) before Hees”).

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,720 people named Voorhees in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,976 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,650.

#6,012

rank among US surnames

5,720

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,008	Nestor	5,723	53,948
#6,010	Nicholls	5,722	53,958
#6,011	Walston	5,721	53,967
#6,012	Voorhees	5,720	53,976
#6,015	Scheer	5,719	53,986

Who is named Voorhees

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

94% of people named Voorhees identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Voorheess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees
(1827-1897) American politician
Debi Sue Voorhees
American actress, born 1961
Clark Voorhees
American artist (1871-1933)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Voorheis
Voorhies
Voorhes
Voorhis
Vorhies

Surnames that sound like Voorhees

Voorhies

Voorhees has the Soundex code V620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V620.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Voorhees come from?: Anglicization of Dutch (van) voor Hees (“(from) before Hees”).
How common is the surname Voorhees?: 5,720 people in the United States had the surname Voorhees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,976 Americans. It ranked 6,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Voorhees?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Voorhees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Voorhees?: Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, (1827-1897) American politician, followed by Debi Sue Voorhees.
Where is the surname Voorhees most common?: Wikidata records people named Voorhees in the United States.
How do you pronounce Voorhees?: Voorhees is /ˈvɔɹhiz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Voorhees getting more or less common?: More common. 5,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,720 in 2010, up 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Voorhees?: Voorheis, Voorhies, Voorhes, Voorhis and Vorhies.