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

VanGorden, 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 VanGorden surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of VanGorden in America

VanGorden is the 30916th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The VanGorden surname appeared 752 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 VanGorden.

We can also compare 2010 data for VanGorden 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 VanGorden

The surname Vangorden is of Dutch origin, originating in the Netherlands during the 16th century. It is derived from the Dutch words "van" meaning "from" and "gorden" referring to a geographic location or place name. The name likely originated in the area around the town of Gorden, which was located in the southern part of the Netherlands.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Vangorden can be found in the Dutch Protestant Church records from the city of Leiden in 1582. This record mentions a certain Jan Vangorden, who was a member of the local congregation. Further records from the same period also show the surname spelled as "Van Gorden" and "Van Gord'n".

In the 17th century, the Vangorden surname began to appear in various historical documents across the Netherlands, particularly in the provinces of South Holland and Zeeland. One notable figure from this time period was Willem Vangorden, a merchant and ship owner who was born in Rotterdam in 1635 and passed away in 1698.

As the Dutch began to establish colonies in the Americas during the 17th and 18th centuries, the Vangorden surname made its way across the Atlantic. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in the American colonies can be found in the records of the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) in 1654, where a certain Pieter Vangorden is listed as a member.

Another notable individual with the Vangorden surname was Cornelis Vangorden, a Dutch military officer who served in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) during the late 17th century. He was born in Arnhem, Netherlands in 1652 and played a significant role in the Dutch colonial administration in the East Indies.

During the 19th century, the Vangorden surname continued to spread across Europe and the Americas. One prominent individual from this period was Johann Vangorden, a German writer and philosopher who was born in Berlin in 1818 and died in 1892. He was known for his works on metaphysics and the philosophy of language.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name VanGorden

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

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

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