The Vandezande surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 530 people carried this name — #41,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 512 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vandezande surname
Borrowed from Dutch van de Zande.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Van De Zande» (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 723 people named Vandezande 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 86 people named Vandezande.
11 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
Vandezande in American newspapers,
1889–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vandezande,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Vandezande 1922–2001 · politician
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James Vandezande 1972– · architect
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vandezande.
- 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
- Vandewoestyne 107 · U.S. census
- Vandoorne 180 · U.S. census
- Vandorpe 186 · U.S. census
- Vandyck 834 · U.S. census
- Vanetti 110 · U.S. census
- Vanfleteren 113 · U.S. census
- Vang 48,036 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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