The Vanpelt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,685 people carried this name — #5,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,270 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In Belgium’s population register

At least 21 people named Vanpelt 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 21

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Vanpelt in American newspapers,
1897–1898.

Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Vanpelt
The Grenada Sentinel 1898-06-18
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Vanpelt
Daily Capital Journal 1897-11-22
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Vanpelt
The Anaconda Standard 1898-02-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,037 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Vanpelt in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1920s.

31 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vanpelt. The most, 8, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 21
New South Wales 4
South Australia 2
Western Australia 2
Queensland 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vanpelt.

Who carried it

People named Vanpelt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary L. Geffs 1854–1939 · writer

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Vanpelt,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States844 records

844 records of the Vanpelt name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 698
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 69
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 35
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John J. VanPelt

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Benning, Georgia; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William O. VanPelt

    Born 1929; from Polk County, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, pioneer; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Leendert VanPelt

    Arrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Caroline from Rotterdam, aged 33; farmer. From the Netherlands.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 844 records for Vanpelt in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands21 records

21 records of the Vanpelt name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 19
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Wilhelmus VanPelt

    Died 1855 in Kalmthout; born 1795 in Kalmthout; craftsman.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mechtildis Dorothea Margaritha VanPelt

    Died 1852 in Sint-Pieter, aged 74.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Henrica Johanna VanPelt

    In the population register of Heemstede; domestic servant, born 1825 in Brummen.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Vanpelt in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Vanpelt name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David VanPelt

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Nebraska, aged 28; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Vanpelt.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Vanpelt is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Vanpelt volume
Scroll to Top