Vandergaw Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Vandergaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vandergaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:7,879,542351,394
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Vandergaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vandergaw occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vandergaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Vandergaw live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Vandergaw is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 7,879,542. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Oregon, where 30 percent live, Alaska, where 15 percent live and Illinois, where 15 percent live.

Vandergaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Vandergaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vandergaw last name expanded 460 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vandergaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vandergaw surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.

Vandergaw earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.31% less than the national average, earning $33,956 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 Vandergaw
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