The Vanthournout surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 104 people carried this name — #146,011 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 715 people named Vanthournout 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 163 people named Vanthournout.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
Vanthournout in American newspapers,
1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vanthournout.
- Vanoverbeke 407 · U.S. census
- Vanoverschelde 104 · U.S. census
- Vanparys 245 · U.S. census
- Vanroy 297 · U.S. census
- Vanson 252 · U.S. census
- Vansteenkiste 137 · U.S. census
- Vanzo 196 · U.S. census
- Vaquero 1,462 · U.S. census
- Vaquez 389 · U.S. census
- Var 246 · U.S. census
- Vardon 131 · U.S. census
- Vare 132 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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