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The Vandenbosch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,858 people carried this name — #15,700 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,678 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Vandenbosch surname

Dutch van (“of”) + den (“the”) + bosch (“wood”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vandenbosch» (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 1,123 people named Vandenbosch 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 440
Limburg 126
Hainaut 111
Brussels-Capital 100
Walloon Brabant 82
Namur 64
Liège 57
Antwerp 55

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 63 people named Vandenbosch.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 7
Nord 31
Paris 8
Pas-de-Calais 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Ardennes 3
Dordogne 2
Hérault 1
Aveyron 1

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 44 people named Vandenbosch 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 22
Entre Ríos 22

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

Who carried it

People named Vandenbosch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georges Vandenbosch 1912–1981 · painter
  • Robert Vandenbosch 1932– · chemist
  • Betty Vandenbosch 1956– · academic administrator
  • Michel Vandenbosch 1961– · philosopher

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Vandenbosch.

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