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

Vannice, 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 Vannice surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vannice in America

Vannice is the 36838th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vannice surname appeared 606 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 Vannice.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vannice 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 Vannice

The surname VANNICE is believed to have originated in the Netherlands, likely in the 16th or 17th century. It is thought to be derived from the Dutch word "van" which means "from" or "of," and the word "nice" which may refer to the city of Nice in southern France or the Greek word "nike" meaning "victory."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the VANNICE surname can be found in Dutch church records from the late 16th century, where it was spelled as "Van Nyce." This spelling variation suggests that the name may have been associated with someone who was either from or had some connection to the city of Nice.

In the 17th century, there are records of a VANNICE family living in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. A prominent member of this family was Jan VANNICE, a merchant and trader who was born in 1625 and died in 1692.

As Dutch settlers began to migrate to North America in the 17th and 18th centuries, the VANNICE surname was carried across the Atlantic. One notable early American bearer of the name was Hendrick VANNICE, a farmer who was born in the Netherlands in 1670 and later settled in what is now upstate New York.

Another notable figure was Pieter VANNICE, a Dutch-American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War. He was born in 1745 and served in the Continental Army under General George Washington.

In the 19th century, a family of VANNICEs lived in the town of Kerhonkson, in Ulster County, New York. One member of this family, Jacob VANNICE, was a prominent farmer and local politician who lived from 1820 to 1901.

Throughout its history, the VANNICE surname has also been associated with various place names in the Netherlands, such as Vannicedam and Vannicesland, which may have been the original homelands of some VANNICE families.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vannice

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

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

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