Vandiver Surname

63,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,935 people bear this surname

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

Vandiver Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vandiver Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,9241:45,7425,575
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9551:52,5855,935

Vandiver (38) may also be a first name.

Vandiver Last Name Facts

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

Vandiver is most common in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Vandiver? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 63,159th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 918,405 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Vandiver live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 38 people.

The last name Vandiver is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 7,924 people, or 1 in 45,742. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 13 percent live, Alabama, where 10 percent live and Georgia, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Vandiver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vandiver has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Vandiver last name rose 830 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vandiver Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vandiver surname are 18.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.2% being registered to vote for the political party.

Vandiver earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.95% less than the national average, earning $40,580 USD per year.

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Vandiver Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Vandiver
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis