The Degraeve surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 194 people carried this name — #94,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 186 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,075 people named Degraeve 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 West 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 504 people named Degraeve.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 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 print
Degraeve in American newspapers,
1912–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Degraeve,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Degraeve 1947– · politician
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Babette Degraeve 1965– · painter
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Jean-Marc Degraeve 1971– · chess player
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Karel Degraeve 1972– · journalist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Degraeve.
- Degano 103 · U.S. census
- Dege 209 · U.S. census
- Degen 1,997 · U.S. census
- Degeorge 2,443 · U.S. census
- Degiovanni 181 · U.S. census
- Degrace 576 · U.S. census
- Degrand 418 · U.S. census
- Degrande 409 · U.S. census
- Degrange 528 · U.S. census
- Degrave 912 · U.S. census
- Degre 118 · U.S. census
- Degroote 513 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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