The Verhulst surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 712 people carried this name — #32,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 668 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,442 people named Verhulst 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 East 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 380 people named Verhulst.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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.
Who carried it
People named Verhulst,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gabriel François Joseph van Verhulst d. 1779 · art collector -
Mayken Verhulst 1518–1600 · printer -
Mayken Verhulst 1518–1596 · printer
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Pierre François Verhulst 1804–1849 · mathematician -
Willem Verhulst 1505–1699 · politician
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Elias Verhulst 1564–1601 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Verhulst.
- Verhaeghe 317 · U.S. census
- Verhelle 202 · U.S. census
- Verhelst 361 · U.S. census
- Verheyden 151 · U.S. census
- Verheyen 414 · U.S. census
- Verhoeven 734 · U.S. census
- Verkest 143 · U.S. census
- Verley 385 · U.S. census
- Verlin 153 · U.S. census
- Verlinde 228 · U.S. census
- Verlinden 212 · U.S. census
- Vermeersch 331 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Verhulst is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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