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

Vannatter, 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 Vannatter surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vannatter in America

Vannatter is the 21092nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vannatter surname appeared 1,245 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 Vannatter.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vannatter 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 Vannatter

The surname VANNATTER originated in the Netherlands, with its earliest recorded instances dating back to the 16th century. It is derived from the Dutch words "van" meaning "from" and "natter" referring to a person who lived near a wet or marshy area. This suggests that the name likely originated as a descriptive nickname for someone residing in a damp or swampy region.

One of the earliest known references to the VANNATTER surname can be found in the Dutch baptismal records of Leiden, where a child named Aertien Vannatter was baptized in 1587. The name also appears in various municipal records and tax rolls from the provinces of Holland and Utrecht during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

As Dutch settlers migrated to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas, the VANNATTER surname travelled with them. In the late 17th century, several VANNATTER families were among the early Dutch colonists who settled in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Jacob Jacobsen Vannatter, born around 1660, is recorded as one of the first bearers of this surname in the New World.

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the VANNATTER name continued to spread across North America, with notable individuals including John Vannatter (1745-1832), a soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War, and Benjamin Vannatter (1798-1874), a farmer and early settler in Ontario, Canada.

Other historical figures bearing the VANNATTER surname include Johann Gottlieb Vannatter (1776-1857), a German-born composer and musician who lived in Pennsylvania, and William Vannatter (1809-1892), a politician and judge who served as a member of the Ohio State Senate.

In terms of place names associated with the VANNATTER surname, there is a small community called Vannatter in the state of West Virginia, likely named after an early settler of the area. Additionally, the variant spelling "Van Natter" has been used in some instances, reflecting the Dutch origin of the name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vannatter

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

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

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