The Lievens surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 290 people carried this name — #67,943 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 268 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 4,142 people named Lievens 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 247 people named Lievens.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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.
Who carried it
People named Lievens,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Lievens 1607–1674 · painter -
Constant Lievens 1856–1893 · missionary -
Dirk Lievens 1612–1650 · painter
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Cornelius Lievens 1716–1767 · carpenter
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Catharina Rosa Lievens 1750–1838
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Joseph Lievens 1901–1994 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lievens.
- Lies 1,180 · U.S. census
- Liess 279 · U.S. census
- Liesse 151 · U.S. census
- Lietaert 134 · U.S. census
- Lieu 3,612 · U.S. census
- Lieux 129 · U.S. census
- Liger 122 · U.S. census
- Liguori 2,027 · U.S. census
- Lile 2,608 · U.S. census
- Lillo 908 · U.S. census
- Lim 37,021 · U.S. census
- Lima 19,109 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lievens is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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