Vann is a surname.
Origins
An English surname, Vann originated as a locative name, referring either to specific places named Vann (such as two in Surrey: Vann in Ockley, and Vann in Hambledon), or in general to any fen (from , a South East English dialect word for ). Variant spellings of the surname include Van, Vanns, Avann, Fan, and Fann.
Statistics
The 1881 United Kingdom census found 668 people with the surname Vann, primarily in Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Data compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the 2011 United Kingdom census and Census of Ireland 2011 found 1,085 people with the surname on the island of Great Britain, and three on the island of Ireland. In the United States, the 2010 Census found 15,416 people with the surname Vann, making it the 2,366th-most-common surname in the country. This represented an increase from 14,602 (2,280th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, slightly more than half of the bearers of the surname Vann identified as non-Hispanic White, and slightly less than one third as non-Hispanic Black or African American.
People
Entertainment
Ameer Vann (born 1996), American rapper
Amirah Vann (born 1980), American actress
Barbara Vann (1938–2015), American theatre director and actor
Stanley Vann (1910–2010), British musician
Government and politics
Albert Vann (1934–2022), member of the New York City Council from Brooklyn
David Vann (mayor) (1928–2000), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
David Vann (Cherokee leader) (1800–1863), assistant principal chief and treasurer of the Cherokee Nation Earl Vann (1913–1985), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Irving G. Vann (1842–1921), New York Court of Appeals judge James Vann ( – 1809), influential Cherokee leader John Paul Vann (1924–1972), lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Joseph Vann (1798–1844), Cherokee leader, son of James Vann
Religion
Bernard Vann (1887–1918), English Anglican cleric and recipient of the Victoria Cross Cherry Vann (born 1956), British Anglican bishop Gerald Vann (1906–1963), British Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher Kevin Vann (born 1951), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church