The Vanroy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 297 people carried this name — #66,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 286 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 429 people named Vanroy 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 Limburg.
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 58 people named Vanroy.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Vanroy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jos Vanroy 1936–2020 · politician
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Funda Vanroy 1977– · actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vanroy.
- Vannucci 563 · U.S. census
- Vano 462 · U.S. census
- Vanoni 287 · U.S. census
- Vanoverbeke 407 · U.S. census
- Vanoverschelde 104 · U.S. census
- Vanparys 245 · U.S. census
- Vanson 252 · U.S. census
- Vansteenkiste 137 · U.S. census
- Vanthournout 104 · U.S. census
- Vanzo 196 · U.S. census
- Vaquero 1,462 · U.S. census
- Vaquez 389 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vanroy is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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