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The Vanderlinden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,313 people carried this name — #13,214 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 128,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,114 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Vanderlinden surname

Literally, “from the linden(s)”.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «van der Linden» (Dutch), 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 1,970 people named Vanderlinden 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 696
Limburg 310
East Flanders 215
Hainaut 157
Walloon Brabant 146
Brussels-Capital 140
Antwerp 120
West Flanders 65

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 121 people named Vanderlinden.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Pas-de-Calais 29
Paris 17
Charente-Maritime 15
Nord 14
Yvelines 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Eure 4
Oise 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Vanderlinden in American newspapers,
1891–1920.

Newspaper page from The Miller Press carrying the name Vanderlinden
The Miller Press 1920-08-26
Newspaper page from The Miller Press carrying the name Vanderlinden
The Miller Press 1920-08-19
Newspaper page from Pierre Weekly Free Press carrying the name Vanderlinden
Pierre Weekly Free Press 1891-02-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 902 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Vanderlinden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arthur Vanderlinden 1859–1938 · politician
  • Henri Vanderlinden 1892–1983 · astronomer
  • Jacques Vanderlinden 1932– · jurist
  • Odiel Vanderlinden 1933–2022 · sport cyclist
  • Johan Vanderlinden 1956– · researcher
  • Ron Vanderlinden 1956– · head coach

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Vanderlinden.

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