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

Vanderhoef, 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 Vanderhoef surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vanderhoef in America

Vanderhoef is the 36838th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vanderhoef surname appeared 606 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 Vanderhoef.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vanderhoef 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 Vanderhoef

The surname VANDERHOEF is of Dutch origin, emerging in the late medieval period in the Low Countries region. It is a topographic name, derived from the Dutch words "van der" meaning "from the" and "hoef" referring to a farmstead or estate. This suggests that the earliest bearers of this name likely resided on or near a particular farmstead or rural estate.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name VANDERHOEF can be found in the town records of Delft, Holland, in the 15th century. These archives mention a Cornelis Vanderhoef, a farmer who owned a modest plot of land just outside the town's borders. The name's spelling variations during this time included Vanderhoeve and Vanderhouff.

In the 16th century, the VANDERHOEF name appeared in several Dutch church registers and legal documents from the provinces of Holland and Utrecht. Notable examples include Hendrick Vanderhoef, a merchant from Amsterdam born in 1542, and Grietje Vanderhoef, a resident of Leiden who was listed in a baptismal record from 1586.

As the Dutch established colonies in the New World during the 17th and 18th centuries, some individuals bearing the VANDERHOEF surname made the journey across the Atlantic. One such individual was Pieter Vanderhoef, who arrived in New Amsterdam (later New York) from Friesland in 1647 and became one of the earliest settlers of what is now Brooklyn.

Throughout the centuries, the VANDERHOEF name has been associated with various notable figures. Jan Vanderhoef (1683-1749) was a renowned Dutch landscape painter whose works are held in collections across Europe. In the 19th century, Willem Vanderhoef (1825-1892) was a prominent Dutch politician who served as Mayor of Rotterdam and a member of the House of Representatives.

Other historical bearers of the VANDERHOEF name include Cornelis Vanderhoef (1792-1858), a Dutch naval officer who participated in the Napoleonic Wars, and Johannes Vanderhoef (1881-1954), a Dutch-born American architect known for his work on several landmark buildings in New York City.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vanderhoef

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

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 Vanderhoef 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 Vanderhoef 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 Vanderhoef was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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