Vandevelde
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ˈvændəˌvɛɫd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vandevelde is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Dutch van (“of”) + de (“the”) + velde (“field”).
- BEBelgium1 in 2.6K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 47K
- USUnited States1 in 326K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Belgium (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 194 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
4,591 people, 2008
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Dutch van (“of”) + de (“the”) + velde (“field”).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Vandevelde counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | #187 | 4,591 | 1 in 2.6K | 8.2K | Vandevelde | 82 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 47K | 166 | Vandevelde | 194 |
| US United States | — | 1,019 | 1 in 326K | 1K | Vandevelde | 167 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 473K | — | Vandevelde | 1 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 500K | — | Vandevelde | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 36 | 1 in 233K | 36 | Vandevelde | 4 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 207K | — | Vandevelde | 1 |
4,591 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Louis Joseph Vandeveldeb. 1805FRFrench military (1805-1885)
- Joseph Vandeveldeb. 1880BEBelgian politician
- Julia Vandeveldeb. 1906BEBelgian athletics competitor
- Antoon Vandeveldeb. 1952BEBelgian philosopher
- Philippe Vandeveldeb. 1957BEBelgian comics script writer (1957-2019)
- Ludwig Vandeveldeb. 1957BEsculptor (born 1957)
- Donnie Vieb. 1968USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician and record producer
- Johan Vandeveldeb. 1973BEBelgian writer
- Ségolène Vandeveldeb. 1992FRFrench archeologist
- Christophe VandeveldeFRFrench actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 4.6K | #128 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 4.2K | #142 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,531 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,766 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 948 | #24,680 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 230 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 209 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 208 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 205 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 194 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 180 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 166 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vandevelde mean, and where does it come from?
- Dutch van (“of”) + de (“the”) + velde (“field”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Vandevelde?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈvændəˌvɛɫd/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Vandevelde have the most bearers?
- In Belgium, the national register counted about 4.6 thousand people named Vandevelde, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vandevelde.
- Where is Vandevelde most common?
- Vandevelde is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Vandevelde?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 4,591 people named Vandevelde in 2008, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Vandevelde compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Vandevelde is the 187th most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vandevelde” — the 187th most common surname in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.