Common Surnames in Belgium 2001

Information from Statistics Belgium.
Rank Name Times
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Peeters
33,113
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Janssens
30,996
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Maes
25,567
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Jacobs
20,096
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Mertens
18,699
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Willems
18,540
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Claes
16,757
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Goossens
16,075
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Wouters
15,834
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De Smet
14,251
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Vermeulen
13,693
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Pauwels
13,527
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Dubois
13,152
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Hermans
12,726
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Aerts
12,712
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Michiels
12,115
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Lambert
12,016
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Martens
11,171
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De Vos
11,024
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Smets
10,896
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Dupont
10,487
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Claeys
10,327
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De Clercq
10,293
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Desmet
10,285
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Hendrickx
10,098
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Van Damme
10,045
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Stevens
9,521
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De Backer
9,387
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Janssen
9,345
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Devos
9,316
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Martin
9,075
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Van de Velde
8,995
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Segers
8,980
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Lemmens
8,835
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Coppens
8,679
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Dumont
8,172
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Wauters
7,877
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Leroy
7,849
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Van den Broeck
7,833
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Leclercq
7,829
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Simon
7,738
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De Cock
7,717
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Verhoeven
7,489
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Cools
7,456
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Laurent
7,441
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François
7,333
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De Smedt
7,072
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Declercq
7,043
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Smet
7,035
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Denis
7,024
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Thys
6,995
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Renard
6,833
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De Meyer
6,769
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Thomas
6,761
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Timmermans
6,736
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Lejeune
6,623
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Baert
6,567
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De Pauw
6,567
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De Wilde
6,543
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De Ridder
6,510
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Lauwers
6,398
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Lenaerts
6,384
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Verstraete
6,365
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Lambrechts
6,359
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Gérard
6,292
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Petit
6,241
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Vandenberghe
6,221
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Verheyen
6,166
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Mathieu
6,162
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Lemaire
6,157
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Geerts
6,152
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Charlier
6,125
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Cornelis
6,088
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Bogaert
6,087
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Bauwens
6,086
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Moens
6,013
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Christiaens
6,001
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Verbeke
5,999
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Bosmans
5,862
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Verlinden
5,844
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Verschueren
5,788
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Wuyts
5,785
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Bertrand
5,746
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Michel
5,741
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Bogaerts
5,637
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Deprez
5,629
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Vermeiren
5,617
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Fontaine
5,596
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Carlier
5,574
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Noël
5,527
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Van Dyck
5,507
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Verstraeten
5,457
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Vermeersch
5,401
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Claessens
5,396
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Simons
5,328
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Jansen
5,289
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Evrard
5,287
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Beckers
5,232
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Pieters
5,215
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Adam
5,204