The Vercruysse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 298 people carried this name — #66,371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 306 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vercruysse surname
Contraction of van der Cruysse; see ver-.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vercruysse» (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 3,735 people named Vercruysse 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 631 people named Vercruysse.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 65 people named Vercruysse live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Vercruysse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eugénie Vercruysse d. 1863
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Joseph Vercruysse 1796–1876
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Anne Catherine Vercruysse 1796–1876
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Bruno Vercruysse 1797–1880 · writer
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Aloys Vercruysse 1814–1855
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Victor Vercruysse 1832–1923 · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vercruysse.
- Verbruggen 176 · U.S. census
- Vercammen 155 · U.S. census
- Vercauteren 224 · U.S. census
- Vercelli 243 · U.S. census
- Vercellino 200 · U.S. census
- Vercher 1,287 · U.S. census
- Verd 101 · U.S. census
- Verde 2,387 · U.S. census
- Verdel 124 · U.S. census
- Verdes 131 · U.S. census
- Verdi 2,316 · U.S. census
- Verdier 609 · U.S. census
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