Last Name VOORHEES

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	From 'voorhuis,' the fore-room of a house below, a hall.

Origin	Dutch

Rank	5,635 (2000 US census)	6,010 (1990 US census)

Count	5,650 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.3%, or 5328 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.65%, or 93 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.9%, or 51 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.27%, or 72 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.45%, or 82 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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