The Kerkhove surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 131 people carried this name — #129,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 18% from 111 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 262 people named Kerkhove 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 70 people named Kerkhove.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Kerkhove,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 1991– · tennis player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kerkhove.
- Kempfer 753 · U.S. census
- Kempff 107 · U.S. census
- Kennedy 176,865 · U.S. census
- Kennel 938 · U.S. census
- Keo 3,223 · U.S. census
- Kerber 3,535 · U.S. census
- Kern 28,547 · U.S. census
- Kernen 548 · U.S. census
- Kerner 4,001 · U.S. census
- Kesler 6,704 · U.S. census
- Kessel 4,976 · U.S. census
- Kesseler 159 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kerkhove is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.