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The Vanhecke surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 543 people carried this name — #40,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 496 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Vanhecke surname

Borrowed from Dutch van Hecke.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Van Hecke» (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 1,002 people named Vanhecke 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 West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 609
East Flanders 201
Flemish Brabant 48
Antwerp 44
Hainaut 44
Brussels-Capital 26
Walloon Brabant 24
Namur 6

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 276 people named Vanhecke.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Nord 211
Paris 12
Eure-et-Loir 6
Pas-de-Calais 4
Seine-Maritime 4
Côte-d’Or 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Loire-Atlantique 3

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

Who carried it

People named Vanhecke,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lieven Vanhecke 1939– · mathematician
  • Ivan Vanhecke 1948–2011 · playwright
  • Françoise Vanhecke 1957– · actor
  • Johan Vanhecke 1957– · archivist
  • Frank Vanhecke 1959– · politician

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Vanhecke.

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