The Vandenberg surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,121 people carried this name — #4,944 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,500 people counted. That is up 11% from 6,395 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vandenberg surname
From Dutch van den Berg: Dutch van (“of”) + den (“the”) + berg (“hill”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vandenberg» (English), 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 89 people named Vandenberg 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 Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 77 people named Vandenberg.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Marne.
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.
In print
Vandenberg in American newspapers,
1909–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,850 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vandenberg,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arthur Vandenberg 1884–1951 · politician -
Hoyt Vandenberg 1899–1954 · military officer -
Hy Vandenberg 1906–1994 · baseball player -
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr. 1907–1968 · military personnel -
Diana Vandenberg 1923–1997 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 40 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vandenberg.
- Vancoppenolle 128 · U.S. census
- Vandaele 453 · U.S. census
- Vandal 734 · U.S. census
- Vandame 167 · U.S. census
- Vandamme 831 · U.S. census
- Vandel 243 · U.S. census
- Vandenberge 358 · U.S. census
- Vandenbergh 482 · U.S. census
- Vandenberghe 527 · U.S. census
- Vandenbosch 1,858 · U.S. census
- Vandenbossche 316 · U.S. census
- Vandenbussche 169 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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