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    The surname Voorhies

    A Dutch surname, carried by 1,606 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V620

    Voorhies: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Voorhies #17,530, 1,606 people Voorhies: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Voorhies #17,530, 1,606 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Voorhies is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Variant of Voorhees.

    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 1,606 people named Voorhies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,591.

    #17,530
    rank among US surnames
    1,606
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,602)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,521Frasher1,608192,006
    #17,526Bessey1,607192,125
    #17,530Kittelson1,606192,245
    #17,537Lipsky1,605192,365

    Who is named Voorhies

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

    85% of people named Voorhies identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Voorhies

    Voorhies 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 Voorhies come from?
    Variant of Voorhees.
    How common is the surname Voorhies?
    1,606 people in the United States had the surname Voorhies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. It ranked 17,530th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Voorhies?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Voorhies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Voorhies getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,606 in 2010, up 0.9%.
    What are other spellings of Voorhies?
    Voorhees, Voorheis, Voorhes and Voorhis.