The Vandenplas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 279 people carried this name — #70,208 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 277 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 530 people named Vandenplas 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 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 71 people named Vandenplas.
3 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Vandenplas in American newspapers,
1896–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vandenplas.
- 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
- Vandendriessche 146 · U.S. census
- Vandeputte 344 · U.S. census
- Vanderheyden 1,226 · U.S. census
- Vanderkelen 121 · U.S. census
- Vanderlinden 2,313 · U.S. census
- Vandevelde 1,019 · U.S. census
- Vandevoorde 505 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vandenplas is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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