Van

12,022 people in the United States were counted with the surname Van in the 2020 census, making it the 2,925th most common in the country. That is about one person in 24,900.

By the numbers

People: 12,022
Rank: 2,925th
How common: 1 in 24,900
Per 100,000: 4.0

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Van described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 73.8%
White, not Hispanic 15.9%
Black, not Hispanic 5.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino 2.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Van

Ngô Thanh Vân (born 1979)Norwegian-Vietnamese actress, singer, dancer, model, businesswoman and filmmaker
Marina de Van (born 1971)French film director, screenwriter and actress
Van Tien Dung (1917–2002)General of the Vietnam People's Army
Miss Van (born 1973)graffiti artist
Bobby Van (1928–1980)American actor and game show host

People named Van with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Van

Also a first name

Van has been given to 31,194 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1954. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.