Vandamme surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Vandamme surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 831 people carried this name — #28,679 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 11% from 748 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Vandamme surname

A surname from Dutch.

Borrowed from Dutch Van Damme.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Van Damme» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 4,140 people named Vandamme 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.

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Where they live today

West Flanders 2,651
East Flanders 449
Hainaut 400
Flemish Brabant 166
Antwerp 165
Brussels-Capital 97
Walloon Brabant 74
Limburg 63

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 1,614 people named Vandamme.

73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 73
Nord 1,091
Pas-de-Calais 156
Paris 67
Somme 25
Eure 20
Oise 18
Seine-Maritime 16
Yonne 11

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 209 people named Vandamme live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 178
Santa Fe 20
City of Buenos Aires 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Vandamme,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dominique Vandamme
    Dominique Vandamme 1770–1830 · politician
  • Charles Vandamme
    Charles Vandamme 1806–1884 · politician
  • Pierre Vandamme
    Pierre Vandamme 1895–1983 · politician
  • François Joseph Antoine Vandamme 1781–1823
  • Henri Vandamme 1803– · botanist
  • Eulalie Marie Vandamme 1822–1891

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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