The Bauwens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 402 people carried this name — #51,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 391 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,095 people named Bauwens live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 514 people named Bauwens.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Bauwens live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Bauwens,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lieven Bauwens 1769–1822 · engineer -
Lieven Bauwens 1769–1822 · engineer
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Françoise Bauwens 1782–1832
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Edouard Bauwens 1831–1902 · conductor
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Evarist Bauwens 1853–1937 · teacher
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Isidoor Bauwens 1855–1918 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bauwens.
When the index is not enough
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