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

Vandersluis, 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 Vandersluis surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vandersluis in America

Vandersluis is the 48530th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vandersluis surname appeared 435 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 Vandersluis.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vandersluis 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 Vandersluis

The surname VANDERSLUIS has its origins in the Netherlands, dating back to the late 16th or early 17th century. It is a Dutch locational surname, derived from the phrase "van der sluis," which means "from the sluice" or "from the lock." This suggests that the name's earliest bearers may have lived near a sluice gate or lock, likely along one of the many canals or waterways in the Low Countries.

The earliest recorded instances of the VANDERSLUIS surname appear in Dutch municipal records and church registers from the 1600s. Variations in spelling, such as VanderSluys, Vandersluijs, and Vandersluys, were common during this time due to inconsistencies in record-keeping and regional dialects.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Jan Jacobsz Vandersluis, a merchant and shipowner from Amsterdam, who lived from approximately 1620 to 1685. Records indicate that he owned several ships engaged in the lucrative Dutch East India trade.

In the 18th century, the VANDERSLUIS surname began to spread beyond the Netherlands as Dutch settlers and merchants established communities in other parts of Europe and the Americas. For example, Pieter Vandersluis (1725-1788), a merchant from Rotterdam, is recorded as having lived in London during the latter half of the 18th century.

As the Dutch colonial empire expanded, the name also found its way to other parts of the world. Johannes Vandersluis (1770-1832), a Dutch East India Company official, was stationed in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia) for several years in the early 19th century.

Another notable bearer of the VANDERSLUIS name was Willem Vandersluis (1810-1879), a Dutch painter known for his landscapes and seascapes. His works can be found in several museums in the Netherlands, including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

In the 19th century, as emigration from the Netherlands increased, the VANDERSLUIS surname began to appear more frequently in various parts of the world, particularly in North America and South Africa, where Dutch settlers established communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vandersluis

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

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

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