The Vanhorn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,151 people carried this name — #2,554 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 13,716 in 2000.

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In print

Vanhorn in American newspapers,
1896–1921.

Newspaper page from The Spanish American carrying the name Vanhorn
The Spanish American 1921-02-05
Newspaper page from The Daily Morning Astorian carrying the name Vanhorn
The Daily Morning Astorian 1896-05-22
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Vanhorn
The Roswell Daily Record 1908-11-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,679 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Vanhorn in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

310 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vanhorn. The most, 279, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 282
Queensland 16
New South Wales 9
Tasmania 2
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vanhorn.

Who carried it

People named Vanhorn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert T. Van Horn
    Robert T. Van Horn 1824–1916 · journalist
  • Burt Van Horn
    Burt Van Horn 1823–1896 · politician
  • George Van Horn
    George Van Horn 1850–1904 · politician
  • Buddy Van Horn 1929–2021 · film actor
  • Emil Van Horn 1907–1967 · stunt performer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Vanhorn,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,256 records

1,256 records of the Vanhorn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 523
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 345
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 245
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 84
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 28
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 22
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Maurice J. VanHorn

    Born 1925 in Maryland. Enlisted 1943 at Baltimore; mechanic from Baltimore City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria VanHorn

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Atlantic from Bremen, aged 19; baker. From Prussia, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Thomas VanHorn

    Born 1947; from Kansas City, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,256 records for Vanhorn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands440 records

440 records of the Vanhorn name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 239
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 141
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 60
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Josephus Gerardus Antonius van Horn

    Married in 1886 in Amsterdam; office clerk. Died 1941 in Hilversum, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendricus Franciscus Christiaan van Horn

    Married in 1899 in Amsterdam; clerk. Died 1938 in Apeldoorn, aged 64.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendricus Franciscus Christiaan van Horn

    Married in 1932 in Amsterdam; barber. Died 1970 in Vinkeveen en Waverveen, aged 71.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 440 records for Vanhorn in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada56 records

56 records of the Vanhorn name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 47
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Edward VanHorn

    Buried in 1999 at Queen's Park Mausoleum, Calgary, Alberta, aged 55.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Edith Malvina VanHorn

    Died 1874 in West Pubnico, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Lyman Lyle VanHorn

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 56 records for Vanhorn in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany6 records

6 records of the Vanhorn name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm van Horn

    From Dülmen, Kr. Coesfeld. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 October 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 57).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ludwig van Horn

    From Dülmen. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 6 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 172).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 6 records for Vanhorn in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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