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

Vandeveer, 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 Vandeveer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vandeveer in America

Vandeveer is the 36099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vandeveer surname appeared 621 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 Vandeveer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vandeveer 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 Vandeveer

The surname VANDEVEER is believed to have originated in the Netherlands, likely during the 16th or 17th century. It is thought to be derived from the Dutch words "van de" meaning "from the" and "veer" referring to a ferry or place where a river could be crossed. This suggests that the name may have originally been associated with someone who lived near a ferry crossing or a ferry operator.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Dutch province of Gelderland in the late 16th century. The name was spelled as "van de Veer" in these early records. Over time, various spelling variations emerged, including "Vandeveer," "Van de Veer," and "Van der Veer."

The name VANDEVEER appears to have been quite rare in historical records, with few notable individuals bearing the surname until the 17th and 18th centuries. One notable figure was Jan Pietersz van de Veer, a Dutch navigator and explorer who participated in the ill-fated Dutch Arctic expedition of 1596-1597, led by Willem Barents. Van de Veer's birth and death dates are uncertain, but he is believed to have lived between 1570 and 1630.

Another early bearer of the name was Petrus Van de Veer, a Dutch Reformed minister who emigrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherland (present-day New York) in the mid-17th century. He served as a minister in the settlement of Flatbush, which is now part of Brooklyn, from 1654 until his death in 1693.

In the 18th century, a notable figure was Jacob Van de Veer, a Dutch-American soldier and landowner who fought in the American Revolutionary War. He was born in 1737 in New York and died in 1820. He served as a captain in the Albany County Militia and was later granted land in upstate New York for his service.

During the 19th century, the name VANDEVEER began to appear more frequently in various parts of the United States, likely due to immigration from the Netherlands and other Dutch-speaking regions. One notable individual from this period was Christopher Van de Veer, a civil engineer and surveyor who was born in New York in 1803. He was involved in the construction of several important railroads and canals in the eastern United States.

Another notable figure was Lucretia Van de Veer, an American educator and women's rights advocate who lived from 1827 to 1906. She founded the Lucretia Van de Veer Seminary for Women in Baltimore, which operated from 1858 to 1896 and provided higher education opportunities for women during a time when such opportunities were limited.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vandeveer

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

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

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