Explore the Family Name Vredeveld

The meaning of Vredeveld

Dutch: topographic name for someone living on a field that was abstracted from common grounds, formed with East Middle Dutch vrede, vree ‘delimited, but not fenced, garden abstracted from common grounds’, or a habitational name from Vredeveld near Assen, Drenthe. Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Gerrit, Henk, Hessel.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Vredeveld increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Vredeveld ranked 56,246 in popularity, but by 2010 it had climbed to 53,667, marking an increase of 4.59%. The number of people carrying this surname also rose during this period, from 340 in 2000 to 385 in 2010, a change of 13.24%. However, despite these increases, the proportion of people with the surname Vredeveld per 100,000 remained steady at 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,246	#53,667	4.59%
Count	340	385	13.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.13	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vredeveld

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Vredeveld identify as White. In 2000, 97.06% of Vredevelds identified as White, and this figure increased slightly to 97.40% in 2010. There was a noticeable decrease in those identifying as Hispanic from 2.06% in 2000 to none in 2010. While there were no individuals identifying as Black or Asian/Pacific Islander in 2000, by 2010, 1.56% of Vredevelds identified as Black. No changes were observed for those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native or those claiming two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.06%	97.4%	0.35%
Black	0%	1.56%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	2.06%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%