Vandervelde Surname

192,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Vandervelde Surname Definition:

(Dutch) Of the Field [see under Vanderbilt, and + Dutch veld, field]

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Vandervelde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0231:354,31031,697
Belgium4881:23,5593,710
Canada4431:83,1739,255
Australia441:613,53943,545
England371:1,505,89364,828
Venezuela321:943,87714,561
Peru281:1,135,14720,057
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
France131:5,109,440259,941
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Vandervelde Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) Of the Field [see under Vanderbilt, and + Dutch veld, field]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

User-submitted Reference

The Vandervelde surname comes from the words vander, meaning 'from the', and velde, meaning 'fields'.

Vander- names historically described the occupation of the people who had this name or described the region in which they were from.

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Vandervelde Last Name Facts

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

Vandervelde (Russian: Вандервэльде) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vandervelde? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 192,132nd most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,324,610 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Vandervelde live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,023 people, or 1 in 354,310. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 28 percent live, Illinois, where 13 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States Vandervelde exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 20 percent live.

Vandervelde Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vandervelde has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Vandervelde last name grew 6,018 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vandervelde Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vandervelde surname are 26.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.53% registered with the party.

The amount Vandervelde earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 51.75% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,353 per year; in United States they earn 12.69% more than the national average, earning $48,623 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.86% more than the national average, earning $53,587 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vandervelde Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vandervelde in the Russian language
Вандервэльдеvandervelde-

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