How common is the surname Vosburgh?

1,561 people in the United States had the surname Vosburgh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,787 Americans. It ranked 17,911th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vosburgh?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vosburgh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Vosburgh getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,561 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Vosburgh

A surname, carried by 1,561 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vosburgh is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,561 people named Vosburgh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,787 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,627.

#17,911

rank among US surnames

1,561

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,302)

Who is named Vosburgh

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

96% of people named Vosburgh identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vosburgh

Vosburg

Vosburgh has the Soundex code V216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V216.

Questions

How common is the surname Vosburgh?: 1,561 people in the United States had the surname Vosburgh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,787 Americans. It ranked 17,911th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vosburgh?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vosburgh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Vosburgh getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,561 in 2010, down 4.1%.