Explore the Family Name Vyse

The meaning of Vyse

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary (from Old Norman French devise ‘boundary’), or at a place called with this word, such as Viza in Ashwater (Devon), Vyse Wood in Morthoe (Devon), or Devizes (Wiltshire).

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

According to data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Vyse has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Vyse surname was ranked 106,477 in terms of frequency, but by 2010 it had improved its standing to 101,737, representing an upward change by 4.45%. The count of individuals with this surname also grew from 155 in 2000 to 177 in 2010, indicating a 14.19% growth in a decade. However, the proportion per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.06.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#106,477	#101,737	4.45%
Count	155	177	14.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.06	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Vyse

Ethnic identity is another interesting aspect that can be explored using data from the Decennial U.S. Census. Among those bearing the Vyse surname in 2010, 92.09% identified as White, experiencing a minuscule decrease from 92.26% in 2000. Additionally, there appeared to be a tad bit of diversification in the ethnic identity associated with the Vyse surname, with the emergence of 2.82% identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, a category that reported zero in 2000. No significant changes were noted for the categories of Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, which either remained constant or had their data suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.26%	92.09%	-0.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.82%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%