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

The Verbruggen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 176 people carried this name — #102,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 155 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 3,838 people named Verbruggen 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 map

Where they live today

Antwerp 1,923
Flemish Brabant 853
East Flanders 535
Limburg 181
Brussels-Capital 99
Hainaut 94
West Flanders 90
Walloon Brabant 32

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 138 people named Verbruggen.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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

Born outside France 23
Nord 45
Paris 29
Seine-et-Marne 10
Loiret 6
Pas-de-Calais 6
Seine-Saint-Denis 5
Yvelines 3
Doubs 2

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

In print

Verbruggen in American newspapers,
1845–1929.

Newspaper page from Sunday Dispatch carrying the name Verbruggen
Sunday Dispatch 1845-12-07
Newspaper page from The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger carrying the name Verbruggen
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger 1872-04-21
Newspaper page from The Seattle Post-Intelligencer carrying the name Verbruggen
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1890-05-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 109 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Verbruggen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pieter Verbrugghen the Elder
    Pieter Verbrugghen the Elder 1615–1686 · sculptor
  • Sofie Verbruggen
    Sofie Verbruggen 1956– · singer
  • Herman Verbruggen
    Herman Verbruggen 1963– · actor
  • Peter Verbruggen
    Peter Verbruggen 1966– · editing staff
  • Patricia Verbruggen
    Patricia Verbruggen 1979– · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 121 lives in all are documented under this name.

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