The Dhondt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 450 people carried this name — #47,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 408 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,912 people named Dhondt 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 563 people named Dhondt.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Dhondt live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Río Negro.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Dhondt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Astère-Michel Dhondt 1937– · writer -
Pieter Dhondt d. 1660
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Ghislain Dhondt 1889–1956 · politician
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Jan Dhondt 1915–1972 · historian
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Leon Dhondt 1936– · painter
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Annie Dhondt 1942–2006 · malacologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dhondt.
When the index is not enough
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