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

The Verlinden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 212 people carried this name — #87,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 200 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Verlinden surname

Contraction of van der Linden; see ver-.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Verlinden» (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 4,885 people named Verlinden 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 2,892
Flemish Brabant 928
East Flanders 415
Limburg 260
West Flanders 141
Brussels-Capital 108
Hainaut 105
Walloon Brabant 31

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 58 people named Verlinden.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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

Born outside France 20
Nord 20
Oise 6
Paris 3
Lot-et-Garonne 3
Yvelines 2
Loir-et-Cher 1
Seine-Maritime 1
Deux-Sèvres 1

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

Who carried it

People named Verlinden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edmond Verlinden 1839–1921
  • Modeste Verlinden-Van Gauberghe 1840–1909 · cabinetmaker
  • Jozef Verlinden 1876–1927 · politician
  • Charles Verlinden 1907–1996 · university teacher
  • Pieter Verlinden 1934–2002 · composer
  • Mandus Verlinden 1937–2025 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Verlinden.

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