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

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.

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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 map

Where they live today

West Flanders 2,168
East Flanders 756
Hainaut 328
Flemish Brabant 178
Antwerp 152
Brussels-Capital 58
Limburg 31
Liège 28

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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 46
Nord 424
Pas-de-Calais 45
Somme 14
Paris 14
Aisne 12
Rhône 12
Aube 12
Puy-de-Dôme 8

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

Buenos Aires Province 65

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.

  • Eugénie Vercruysse d. 1863
  • Joseph Vercruysse 1796–1876
  • Anne Catherine Vercruysse 1796–1876
  • Bruno Vercruysse 1797–1880 · writer
  • Aloys Vercruysse 1814–1855
  • Victor Vercruysse 1832–1923 · politician

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Vercruysse 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.

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