The Geurts surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 857 people carried this name — #27,974 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 12% from 767 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,047 people named Geurts 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 Limburg.
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 50 people named Geurts.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Geurts in American newspapers,
1911–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 622 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Geurts,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joop Geurts 1923–2009 · baseball player -
Gemma Geurts 1953– · writer -
Willy Geurts 1954– · association football player -
Jean-Richard Geurts 1957– · comics artist -
Johnny Geurts 1967– · radio personality
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 43 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Geurts.
When the index is not enough
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