The Dobbelaere surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 185 people carried this name — #98,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 174 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,216 people named Dobbelaere 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 176 people named Dobbelaere.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dobbelaere.
- Dixit 1,273 · U.S. census
- Dixon 159,480 · U.S. census
- Djordjevic 553 · U.S. census
- Djuric 480 · U.S. census
- Do 30,301 · U.S. census
- Doan 19,760 · U.S. census
- Dobbels 181 · U.S. census
- Dobe 165 · U.S. census
- Dobel 138 · U.S. census
- Dobert 339 · U.S. census
- Dobin 265 · U.S. census
- Dobler 1,022 · U.S. census
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