The Laureys surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 108 people carried this name — #151,532 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 112 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,843 people named Laureys 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 83 people named Laureys.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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 Laureys,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry Laureys 1882–1958 · writer -
Félix Laureys 1820–1897 · architect
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Eulalie Laureys 1854–1936
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Jan Laureys 1881–1955 · physician
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Jacques Laureys 1948– · politician
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Godelieve Laureys 1949– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Laureys.
- Laurent 6,665 · U.S. census
- Laurenti 363 · U.S. census
- Laurenzi 343 · U.S. census
- Laures 238 · U.S. census
- Lauret 142 · U.S. census
- Lauretta 208 · U.S. census
- Lauri 409 · U.S. census
- Lauria 2,777 · U.S. census
- Lauricella 1,126 · U.S. census
- Laurie 3,526 · U.S. census
- Laurin 1,303 · U.S. census
- Lauro 1,730 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Laureys is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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