Most common surnames in Belgium

The top 100 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.

Most common surnames in Belgium
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Peeters	—	41,260
2	Janssens	—	37,577
3	Maes	—	31,907
4	Jacobs	—	25,300
5	Mertens	—	23,591
6	Willems	—	23,325
7	Claes	—	20,551
8	Wouters	—	19,874
9	Goossens	—	19,552
10	Dubois	French · “from the woods”	18,272
11	De Smet	—	17,411
12	Pauwels	—	16,685
13	Vermeulen	—	16,681
14	Hermans	—	16,474
15	Lambert	—	16,304
16	Aerts	—	15,584
17	Michiels	—	14,989
18	Dupont	—	14,956
19	Martens	—	13,752
20	De Vos	—	13,617
21	Smets	—	13,292
22	Martín	English/French · “from given name Martin”	13,056
23	Van de Velde	—	13,048
24	Desmet	—	12,963
25	Hendrickx	—	12,787
26	Van Damme	—	12,718
27	Claeys	—	12,711
28	Devos	—	12,519
29	Janssen	—	12,407
30	Stevens	—	12,295
31	Dumont	—	11,848
32	De Clercq	—	11,742
33	De Backer	—	11,549
34	Segers	—	11,432
35	Lemmens	—	11,198
36	Leroy	French · “the king”	11,065
37	Van den Broeck	—	10,986
38	Coppens	—	10,801
39	Simon	French · “from given name Simon”	10,393
40	Wauters	—	10,108
41	Laurent	French · “from given name Laurent”	10,094
42	Leclercq	—	10,066
43	Renard	—	9,745
44	Denis	—	9,549
45	Verhoeven	—	9,356
46	Lejeune	—	9,311
47	Cools	—	8,980
48	Declercq	—	8,920
49	De Cock	—	8,748
50	Petit	French · “small”	8,726
51	Charlier	—	8,725
52	Thomas	English/Welsh · “from given name Thomas”	8,701
53	Lemaire	—	8,647
54	Smet	—	8,522
55	Timmermans	—	8,488
56	De Smedt	—	8,397
57	De Meyer	—	8,374
58	Michel	French · “from given name Michel”	8,303
59	Vandenberghe	—	8,284
60	Thys	—	8,154
61	Bertrand	French · “from given name Bertrand”	8,115
62	De Ridder	—	8,106
63	Lenaerts	—	8,072
64	Cornelis	—	8,037
65	De Wilde	—	8,021
66	Bauwens	—	7,993
67	De Pauw	—	7,990
68	Verheyen	—	7,973
69	Van den Bossche	—	7,901
70	Lefebvre	French · “the smith”	7,897
71	Mathieu	—	7,863
72	Carlier	—	7,854
73	Evrard	—	7,826
74	Baert	—	7,759
75	Verstraete	—	7,750
76	Moens	—	7,698
77	Lauwers	—	7,661
78	Bernard	French · “from given name Bernard”	7,633
79	Lambrechts	—	7,616
80	Bosmans	—	7,434
81	Bogaert	—	7,405
82	Geerts	—	7,388
83	Fontaine	—	7,375
84	Bogaerts	—	7,264
85	Verlinden	—	7,262
86	Gerard	—	7,243
87	Christiaens	—	7,096
88	Deprez	—	7,071
89	Verbeke	—	7,015
90	Vermeiren	—	7,009
91	Verschueren	—	6,920
92	Marchal	—	6,918
93	Beckers	—	6,886
94	Delvaux	—	6,885
95	Legrand	—	6,884
96	Jansen	—	6,860
97	Wuyts	—	6,760
98	Adam	—	6,751
99	Simons	—	6,664
100	Verstraeten	—	6,605

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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