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

Vanhoof, 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 Vanhoof surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vanhoof in America

Vanhoof is the 56972nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vanhoof surname appeared 358 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 Vanhoof.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vanhoof 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 Vanhoof

The surname VANHOOF is of Dutch origin, tracing its roots back to the Low Countries in Western Europe during the medieval period. It is a locative surname, derived from the Dutch phrase "van hof," which translates to "from the court" or "from the manor."

This name likely originated as a way to identify individuals who lived or worked on a particular estate or manor. It may have been given as a descriptive surname to someone who resided on or was employed by a noble family's court or manor house. Alternatively, it could have been a topographic name for someone who lived near a specific manor or court.

The earliest recorded instances of the VANHOOF surname date back to the 13th and 14th centuries in various regions of the Netherlands and parts of present-day Belgium. Some variations in spelling existed, including Van Hoff, Van Hooff, and Van Hoove, reflecting the fluidity of surname spellings during that era.

One notable early bearer of this surname was Jan van Hoof, a Dutch painter and engraver who lived in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. His work is represented in collections at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Louvre in Paris.

In the 16th century, the VANHOOF surname appears in records from the city of Antwerp, which was a major center of trade and commerce in the Low Countries. A merchant named Willem van Hoof is mentioned in historical documents from 1568, suggesting the name was present among the prosperous mercantile class.

Moving forward to the 17th century, the VANHOOF surname can be found in the records of the Dutch East India Company, which played a significant role in the colonization of various parts of the world. One such individual was Pieter van Hoof, who served as a captain in the company's fleet and was involved in the establishment of Dutch settlements in present-day Indonesia in the 1640s.

Another noteworthy bearer of the VANHOOF name was Jacobus van Hoof, a Dutch mathematician and astronomer born in 1786. He made contributions to the fields of celestial mechanics and the study of comets, publishing several papers on his findings.

In the 19th century, a Belgian painter named Henri van Hoof (1829-1895) gained recognition for his landscape paintings, which often depicted scenes from the Ardennes region of Belgium and the Netherlands. His works can be found in various museums and private collections across Europe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vanhoof

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

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

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