Verbrugge surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Verbrugge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 420 people carried this name — #49,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 396 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Verbrugge surname

Contraction of van der Brugge; see ver-.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Verbrugge» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 768 people named Verbrugge 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.

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Where they live today

West Flanders 430
East Flanders 210
Antwerp 80
Flemish Brabant 37
Brussels-Capital 6
Hainaut 5

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 234 people named Verbrugge.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Nord.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Nord 154
Pas-de-Calais 21
Paris 13
Aisne 6
Moselle 5
Somme 5
Lozère 3
Hauts-de-Seine 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Verbrugge,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emile Verbrugge
    Emile Verbrugge 1856–1936 · painter
  • Jan Karel Verbrugge 1756–1831 · painter
  • Cyrille Verbrugge 1866–1929 · fencer
  • Herman Verbrugge 1879–1947 · painter
  • Arthur Verbrugge 1880–1965 · politician
  • Marinus Jacob Verbrugge 1910–2002 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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