Vanderbilt Family History
Vanderbilt Name Meaning
Dutch (Van der Bilt) and North German: topographic name for
someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte
‘mound’, ‘low hill’. De Bilt is the name of an area just northeast of
Utrecht.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Vanderbilt Families
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United States
England & Wales
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Number of Vanderbilt families
 62 - 122  21 - 61 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Vanderbilt Family Origin
Vanderbilt Immigration Information
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Vanderbilt Family Occupations
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