The Vos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,300 people carried this name — #9,810 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 89,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,111 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vos surname
A surname, Vos, equivalent to English Fox.
From vos (“fox”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vos» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,362 people named Vos live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Vos.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Ardennes.
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
81 people named Vos live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 the Nordic population registers
71 people named Vos 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).
In print
Vos in American newspapers,
1868–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 289,289 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Vos 1610–1667 · writer -
Klaas Vos 1820–1895 · actor -
Hubert Vos 1855–1935 · photographer -
Roosje Vos 1860–1932 · politician -
Geerhardus Vos 1862–1949 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 226 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vos.
When the index is not enough
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