The Vermeesch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 232 people carried this name — #81,458 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 222 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 205 people named Vermeesch 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 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 114 people named Vermeesch.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Vermeesch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emiel Vermeesch-Dochy 1862–1937 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vermeesch.
- 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
- Vermeire 264 · U.S. census
- Vermes 116 · U.S. census
- Vermeulen 1,781 · U.S. census
- Vermont 175 · U.S. census
- Vern 103 · U.S. census
- Verna 1,333 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vermeesch 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.