Explore the Family Name Voisine

The meaning of Voisine

French: variant of Voisin. Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Marcel, Adrien, Alcide, Alphonse, Alyre, Aurore, Cecile, Emile, Germain, Josephe, Lucien.

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How common is the last name Voisine in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Voisine has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Voisine ranked 24,744 in popularity, with 945 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, despite an increase in the count of people with the surname to 987, it fell in rank to 25,136. This represents a change of -1.58 in rank and a growth rate of 4.44 percent in count. The proportion of people named Voisine per 100K also decreased by 5.71 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,744	#25,136	-1.58%
Count	945	987	4.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.35	0.33	-5.71%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Voisine

As for the ethnic identity associated with the Voisine surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the overwhelming majority identify as White. This group represented 97.46 percent of those with the Voisine surname in 2000, slightly decreasing to 96.96 percent in 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black remained at zero percent in both years. Interestingly, the census recorded a new presence of Hispanic identification in 2010 at 0.81 percent, which was non-existent in 2000. The percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races saw a minor decrease from 1.48 percent in 2000 to 1.32 percent in 2010. Lastly, the American Indian and Alaskan Native category showed a growth of 33.96 percent, albeit from a small base of 0.53 percent in 2000 to 0.71 percent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.46%	96.96%	-0.51%
Two or More Races	1.48%	1.32%	-10.81%
Hispanic	0%	0.81%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.53%	0.71%	33.96%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%