Vancaster Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vancaster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vancaster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
Belgium1201:95,80514,735
France131:5,109,440259,941
England51:11,143,612252,590
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Vancaster Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vancaster Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Vancaster has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vancaster? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 876,631st most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Vancaster are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 2,144,727. In The United States it is most numerous in: Wisconsin, where 50 percent reside, Maryland, where 14 percent reside and California, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 39 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.

Vancaster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vancaster has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 5,633 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vancaster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vancaster last name are 35.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 82.35% being registered with the party.

Vancaster earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.59% less than the national average, earning $38,578 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Vancaster
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