The Vas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 445 people carried this name — #47,614 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 21% from 369 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Vas.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Indre.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Vas live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Vas live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
40 people named Vas is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Vas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gereben Vas 1823–1868 · lawyer -
Bernát Vas 1864–1930 · physician -
Antal Vas 1851–1916 · teacher
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Frigyes Vas 1866–1936 · physician
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Viktor Vass 1873–1955 · sculptor
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Michael Vas 1881–1958 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vas.
- Varis 110 · U.S. census
- Varney 8,502 · U.S. census
- Varo 336 · U.S. census
- Varon 902 · U.S. census
- Vartanian 2,039 · U.S. census
- Vary 376 · U.S. census
- Vasco 735 · U.S. census
- Vasconi 217 · U.S. census
- Vasic 210 · U.S. census
- Vasile 1,110 · U.S. census
- Vasquez 212,781 · U.S. census
- Vassallo 3,205 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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