Explore the Family Name Van Alst

The meaning of Van Alst

Dutch: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Aalst in Gelderland, North Brabant or Belgium. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the Dutch variant Van Aalst or Flemish Van Aelst.

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How common is the last name Van Alst in the United States?

The surname Van Alst saw an increase in its popularity from 2000 to 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. In the year 2000, it was ranked 61,855th but it moved up to 58,481st in 2010, a change of 5.45%. The count of people with this surname also rose from 303 in 2000 to 347 in 2010, marking an increase of 14.52%. The proportion of individuals with the Van Alst name per 100,000 people similarly increased by 9.09% during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,855	#58,481	5.45%
Count	303	347	14.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.12	9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Van Alst

In terms of the ethnic identity of the Van Alst surname based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were some notable changes from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of those identifying as White decreased slightly from 93.73% to 90.20%. Meanwhile, the representation of Asian/Pacific Islander within the Van Alst population emerged at 2.59% in 2010, where none had been recorded in 2000. The portion of individuals identifying as having two or more races also increased by 56.97%, moving from 1.65% to 2.59%. On the other hand, there was a decrease of 12.79% in those who identified as Hispanic. There were no recorded changes for Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.73%	90.2%	-3.77%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.59%	0%
Two or More Races	1.65%	2.59%	56.97%
Hispanic	2.97%	2.59%	-12.79%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%