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The Verhoeven surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 734 people carried this name — #31,516 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 687 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Verhoeven surname

Dutch, West Flemish, and north German surname, from Dutch Verhoeven.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Verhoeven» (English), 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 6,588 people named Verhoeven 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 3,648
Flemish Brabant 1,058
East Flanders 831
Limburg 456
Brussels-Capital 172
West Flanders 162
Hainaut 131
Walloon Brabant 68

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 214 people named Verhoeven.

35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Nord 58
Cher 28
Paris 21
Pas-de-Calais 14
Oise 10
Somme 8
Finistère 5
Loiret 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

54 people named Verhoeven live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 18
Zurich 9
Bern 8
Vaud 8
Schaffhausen 4
Valais 4
Aargau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Verhoeven in American newspapers,
1902–1963.

Newspaper page from Vilas County News carrying the name Verhoeven
Vilas County News 1902-12-29
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Verhoeven
The San Francisco Call 1912-06-10
Newspaper page from The Waterbury Democrat carrying the name Verhoeven
The Waterbury Democrat 1940-10-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 327 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Verhoeven,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adriaan Gerrit Verhoeven
    Adriaan Gerrit Verhoeven 1886–1976 · hydraulic engineer
  • Anton Verhoeven
    Anton Verhoeven 1920–1978 · speed skater
  • Cornelis Verhoeven
    Cornelis Verhoeven 1928–2001 · university teacher
  • Ad Verhoeven
    Ad Verhoeven 1933–1976 · association football player
  • Michael Verhoeven
    Michael Verhoeven 1938–2024 · screenwriter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 124 lives in all are documented under this name.

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