Find out how popular the last name Vandal is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Vandal.

Vandal, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Vandal surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vandal in America

Vandal is the 31516th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vandal surname appeared 734 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Vandal.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vandal to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Vandal

The surname Vandal has its origins in the Germanic tribes known as the Vandals, who originated from the region of modern-day southern Poland and western Ukraine. The name is derived from the ancient Germanic word "wandal", which means "wanderer" or "nomad".

The Vandals were a highly mobile and migratory people who played a significant role in the late Roman Empire. They are believed to have first appeared in written records around the 2nd century AD, when they were mentioned by Roman historians such as Tacitus and Pliny the Elder.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Vandal can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which was a comprehensive survey of landowners and properties in England commissioned by William the Conqueror. The name appears in various spellings, including "Wandel" and "Wandall".

In the 13th century, a notable figure named Vandal de Buxhoevede (c. 1210-1270) was a prominent knight and crusader from Westphalia, Germany. He participated in the Sixth Crusade and was known for his military exploits in the Holy Land.

During the 16th century, Johannes Vandal (c. 1500-1570) was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics and the calculation of planetary orbits.

In the 18th century, a French nobleman named Louis-Joseph Vandal (1718-1796) served as a diplomat and historian. He is best known for his historical works on the French Revolution and the reign of Louis XV.

Another notable individual with the surname Vandal was Albert Vandal (1853-1910), a French historian and politician who served as a member of the Académie Française. He wrote extensively on the diplomatic history of Europe in the 19th century.

In more recent times, one of the most famous figures with the surname Vandal was the American artist and sculptor Frank Vandal (1924-2018), known for his large-scale public sculptures and his contributions to the development of the Minimalist art movement.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vandal

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Vandal.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Vandal was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Vandal has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Vandal was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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