The Vermes surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 126 people carried this name — #125,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Vermes.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Vermes 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vermes.
- Verlin 170 · U.S. census
- Verlinde 225 · U.S. census
- Verlinden 200 · U.S. census
- Vermeersch 340 · U.S. census
- Vermeesch 222 · U.S. census
- Vermeire 260 · U.S. census
- Vermeulen 1,616 · U.S. census
- Vermont 189 · U.S. census
- Vern 103 · U.S. census
- Verna 1,310 · U.S. census
- Verne 516 · U.S. census
- Verner 2,785 · U.S. census
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