Explore the Family Name Van Heusen

The meaning of Van Heusen

Dutch: variant of Van Hoesen. History: This surname is recorded in Beverwyck in New Netherland (now Albany, NY) in the mid-17th century.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Van Heusen has seen a decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked at 74,164th place, but by 2010 it had slipped to 80,419th position, marking a decrease of around 8.43 percent. The count of people with this surname also dropped slightly from 243 individuals in 2000 to 236 in 2010, representing a fall of 2.88 percent. Furthermore, the proportion of Van Heusen per 100k people contracted by 11.11 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,164	#80,419	-8.43%
Count	243	236	-2.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Van Heusen

When examining ethnic identity, again using the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals carrying the Van Heusen surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. However, the percentage did decrease slightly from 95.06 percent in 2000 to 91.95 percent in 2010. During the same timeframe, there was an increase in the number of individuals identifying as Hispanic, going up from 2.47 percent to 2.97 percent. Interestingly, there were no individuals with this surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year. In 2010, there was a small percentage (2.54 percent) that identified as Black, which was not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.06%	91.95%	-3.27%
Hispanic	2.47%	2.97%	20.24%
Black	0%	2.54%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%