| Frequency Comparisons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Frequency % | Per million people | |
| United States | ||||
| United States (Current snapshot) | 426 | 46944 | 0 | 2 |
| United States (1880 census) | 172 | 21491 | 0 | 3 |
| Change since 1880 | +254 | -25453 | +N/A | -1 |
| Other Countries | ||||
| Australia | 132 | 11104 | 0.001 | 8 |
| United Kingdom | 475 | 9185 | 0.001 | 10 |
'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!
For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!
For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.
It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Language of origin: English
Ethnic origin: English
Religious origin: Christian
Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the VAUX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.
Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the VAUX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.
| Classification | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White (Caucasian) | 414 | 97.18 |
| Mixed Race | 5 | 1.17 |
| Asian/Pacific | Less than 100 | Insignificant |
| Black/African American | Less than 100 | Insignificant |
| Native American/Alaskan | Less than 100 | Insignificant |
| White (Hispanic) | Less than 100 | Insignificant |
Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the VAUX surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.
VAUX. 1. It is said that the illustrious family of Vaux deri\ ed their surname from a district in Normandy ; which is very probable, there being seven or eight places in that province still so designated. It is further asserted that so early as A.D. 794, a branch of the family, liearing the surname of Beaux, Baux, or Vaux, were settled in Provence; which cannot be correct, as heritable family names were not introduced until long after that date. There is, however, no doubt of the influence of the Vauxes in the South of France, and in Italy, at a remote period. A tomb erected in 1G15, in the church of St. Clair at Naples, lay Hieronymus de Vaux, contains the bones of divers of the females of his ancestry, namely : — Antonia de Vaux, Queen of Sicily. Isabella de Vaux, Queen of Naples. Cecilia de Vaux, Countess of Savoy. Sibella de Vaux, Princess of Piedmont. Maria de Vaux, Daupliiness of Vieune. Isabella de Vaux, Despotess of Servia. The English family spring from Bertrand de Vaux, who was living in 929, and was a favourite of Robert I., Duke of Normandy, the Conqueror's grandfather. Harold de Vaux, Lord of Vaux, attended William I. at the Conquest, and was accompanied by his three sons, Hubert, Pianulph, and Robert. From Hubert sprang the great house of Vaux, or De Vallibus, of Cumberland; and from Robert came tlie Bai'ons Vaux, of Harrowden, co. Northampton. The heiress of the elder line of this Robert married, in 1553, Thomas Brougham, Lord of Brougham, co. Westmoreland, and hence the title of Heiu-y, Lord Brougham and Vmix.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as VAUX.
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