The Vanhove surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 461 people carried this name — #46,219 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 10% from 511 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,306 people named Vanhove 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 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 972 people named Vanhove.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Vanhove live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Vanhove in American newspapers,
1898–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 84 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vanhove,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charlotte Vanhove 1771–1860 · stage actor -
Charlotte Vanhove 1771–1860 · stage actor
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Charles Joseph Vanhove 1739–1803 · stage actor
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Norbert Vanhove 1935– · economist
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Françoise Cactus 1958–2021 · writer
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Françoise Cactus 1958–2021 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vanhove.
- Vanhaverbeke 107 · U.S. census
- Vanhecke 543 · U.S. census
- Vanhee 236 · U.S. census
- Vanhoecke 123 · U.S. census
- Vanhollebeke 196 · U.S. census
- Vanhoutte 210 · U.S. census
- Vanhulle 358 · U.S. census
- Vanier 554 · U.S. census
- Vanlerberghe 236 · U.S. census
- Vanloo 831 · U.S. census
- Vanmaele 124 · U.S. census
- Vanneste 322 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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