The Meurs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 115 people carried this name — #144,141 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 119 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 412 people named Meurs 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 74 people named Meurs.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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 Meurs,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan van Meurs 1583–1652 · printer -
Harmen Meurs 1891–1964 · teacher -
Judith Meurs 1610–
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Aelbert Van Meurs 1640–1712 · deacon
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Henricus Meurs 1650–
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Eilardus Meurs 1806–1903 · clerk
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meurs.
- Meucci 374 · U.S. census
- Meuleman 101 · U.S. census
- Meulemans 453 · U.S. census
- Meunier 2,641 · U.S. census
- Meurer 1,804 · U.S. census
- Meuret 271 · U.S. census
- Meury 105 · U.S. census
- Meux 142 · U.S. census
- Mey 1,029 · U.S. census
- Meyer 150,895 · U.S. census
- Meyers 57,127 · U.S. census
- Meylan 167 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Meurs 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.