How common is the surname Vos?

3,300 people in the United States had the surname Vos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,559 Americans. It ranked 9,810th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vos?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vos?

Geerhardus Vos, American theologian (1862–1949).

Where is the surname Vos most common?

Wikidata records people named Vos in the United States.

Is the surname Vos getting more or less common?

More common. 3,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,300 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Vos

A Dutch surname, carried by 3,300 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). Vos is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

From Dutch Vos. Doublet of Fox and Fuchs.

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 3,300 people named Vos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,559 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,111.

#9,810

rank among US surnames

3,300

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,585)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,803	Goto	3,302	93,503
#9,808	Whisenhunt	3,301	93,531
#9,810	Vos	3,300	93,559
#9,813	Starke	3,299	93,588
#9,818	Dieter	3,298	93,616

Who is named Vos

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

96% of people named Vos identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Voss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Geerhardus Vos
American theologian (1862–1949)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Vos

Vos has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vos come from?: From Dutch Vos. Doublet of Fox and Fuchs.
How common is the surname Vos?: 3,300 people in the United States had the surname Vos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,559 Americans. It ranked 9,810th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vos?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vos?: Geerhardus Vos, American theologian (1862–1949).
Where is the surname Vos most common?: Wikidata records people named Vos in the United States.
Is the surname Vos getting more or less common?: More common. 3,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,300 in 2010, up 6.1%.