The Vanderheyden surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,226 people carried this name — #21,360 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,213 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vanderheyden surname
Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + heide (“heath”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vanderheyden» (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 1,982 people named Vanderheyden 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 Limburg.
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 70 people named Vanderheyden.
10 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.
Who carried it
People named Vanderheyden,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean Van der Heyden 1767–1836 · politician -
Jules Hauzeur 1822–1909 · engineer -
Victor Vanderheyden 1933–2003 · politician
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Helle Vanderheyden 1990– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vanderheyden.
- Vandenbosch 1,858 · U.S. census
- Vandenbossche 316 · U.S. census
- Vandenbussche 169 · U.S. census
- Vandendriessche 146 · U.S. census
- Vandenplas 279 · U.S. census
- Vandeputte 344 · 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
- Vandewalle 918 · U.S. census
- Vandeweghe 226 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vanderheyden is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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