The Verheyen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 414 people carried this name — #50,467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 380 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,627 people named Verheyen 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 69 people named Verheyen.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Verheyen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philip Verheyen 1648–1711 · physician -
Philip Verheyen 1648–1711 · physician -
Heinrich Arnold Verheyen 1703–1767 · canon -
Johannes Baptista Verheyen 1746–1814 · politician -
Pieter Verheyen 1750–1819 · composer -
Napoleon Joseph Verheyen 1807–1869 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Verheyen.
- Vergin 362 · U.S. census
- Vergos 174 · U.S. census
- Verhaeghe 317 · U.S. census
- Verhelle 202 · U.S. census
- Verhelst 361 · U.S. census
- Verheyden 151 · U.S. census
- Verhoeven 734 · U.S. census
- Verhulst 712 · U.S. census
- Verkest 143 · U.S. census
- Verley 385 · U.S. census
- Verlin 153 · U.S. census
- Verlinde 228 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Verheyen 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.
