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

VanSickel, 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 VanSickel surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of VanSickel in America

VanSickel is the 54637th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The VanSickel surname appeared 377 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 VanSickel.

We can also compare 2010 data for VanSickel 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 VanSickel

The surname VANSICKEL originated in the Netherlands during the 16th century. It is derived from the Dutch words "van" meaning "from" and "sickel" meaning "sickle," suggesting that the name may have been associated with a sickle-maker or someone who worked with sickles.

VANSICKEL is a variant spelling of the Dutch surname "Van Sickel," which was first recorded in the city of Rotterdam in the late 1500s. Historical records from that time period show several families with this surname living in the coastal regions of the Netherlands.

One of the earliest known references to the VANSICKEL name can be found in a Dutch church record from 1612, which mentions a Johannes VANSICKEL who was born in the town of Middelburg, Zeeland.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, many Dutch families with the VANSICKEL surname immigrated to various parts of the world, including the Dutch colonial territories in North America and the Caribbean. Pieter VANSICKEL (1635-1702) was a notable Dutch settler who arrived in New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) in the 1660s and became a successful merchant and landowner.

In the early 19th century, a branch of the VANSICKEL family settled in the German states, where the surname was sometimes spelled as "Vansickel" or "Vansickell." One prominent individual with this name was Johann VANSICKEL (1789-1861), a German philosopher and academic who taught at the University of Heidelberg.

Other notable individuals with the VANSICKEL surname include:

1. Willem VANSICKEL (1812-1887), a Dutch painter known for his landscapes and seascapes.
2. Hendrik VANSICKEL (1853-1921), a Dutch architect who designed several notable buildings in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
3. Marie VANSICKEL (1876-1948), a Belgian writer and feminist activist.
4. Hans VANSICKEL (1902-1977), a German-American engineer who worked on the development of early computers and digital computing systems.
5. Dirk VANSICKEL (1938-2015), a Dutch businessman and philanthropist who founded a successful shipping company.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name VanSickel

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

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

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