The surname Vyas
A Hindi surname, carried by 3,259 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex V200
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi व्यास (vyās).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,259 people named Vyas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,736 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,058.
Who is named Vyas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Vyas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as two or more races and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- Two or more races 3.0%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Vyas
Vyas has the Soundex code V200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V200.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Vyas come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi व्यास (vyās).
- How common is the surname Vyas?
- 3,259 people in the United States had the surname Vyas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,736 Americans. It ranked 9,912th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vyas?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Vyas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Vyas getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,259 in 2010, up 58%.