The Ven surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 362 people carried this name — #56,444 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 43% from 253 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 387 people named Ven 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.
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 73 people named Ven.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Ven,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Ven 1990– · rower -
Josephus Joannes Maria Ven 1907–1988 · jurist
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Livien Ven 1934–2015 · rower
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Antoon Ven 1935– · rower
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Bjørg Ven 1946– · lawyer
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Frank van de Ven 1961– · choreographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ven.
- Velez 53,265 · U.S. census
- Velin 184 · U.S. census
- Vella 4,051 · U.S. census
- Veloso 1,117 · U.S. census
- Velten 465 · U.S. census
- Veltz 128 · U.S. census
- Venancio 1,042 · U.S. census
- Venard 488 · U.S. census
- Vendel 182 · U.S. census
- Vendetti 979 · U.S. census
- Vendittelli 139 · U.S. census
- Venditti 1,611 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ven 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.