The Vanderkelen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 121 people carried this name — #138,304 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 17% from 103 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 270 people named Vanderkelen 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 52 people named Vanderkelen.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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
Vanderkelen in American newspapers,
1851–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vanderkelen.
- 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
- Vanderheyden 1,226 · 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
- Vandewiele 295 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vanderkelen is.
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