The Vanbecelaere surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 156 people carried this name — #105,905 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 235 people named Vanbecelaere 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 map

Where they live today

West Flanders 223

Hainaut 7

Antwerp 5

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 89 people named Vanbecelaere.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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

Born outside France 1

Nord 63

Pas-de-Calais 15

Calvados 4

Paris 2

Charente 1

Yvelines 1

Deux-Sèvres 1

Var 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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