The Vermeulen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,781 people carried this name — #16,214 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,616 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Vermeulen surname
Contraction of van der Meulen, from a variant of molen (“mill”); see ver-.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vermeulen» (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 12,201 people named Vermeulen 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 1,635 people named Vermeulen.
105 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
129 people named Vermeulen live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 61 people named Vermeulen live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
37 people named Vermeulen is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Vermeulen in American newspapers,
1868–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,315 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vermeulen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adrianus Catharinus Gerardus Vermeulen 1798–1872 · composer -
Petrus Jacobus Franciscus Vermeulen 1846–1913 · politician -
Edward Vermeulen 1861–1934 · writer -
Cornelis Johannes Lodewicus Vermeulen 1861–1936 · photographer -
Alfons Vermeulen 1877–1965 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 240 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vermeulen.
- Verlinde 228 · U.S. census
- Verlinden 212 · U.S. census
- Vermeersch 331 · U.S. census
- Vermeesch 232 · U.S. census
- Vermeire 264 · U.S. census
- Vermes 116 · U.S. census
- Vermont 175 · U.S. census
- Vern 103 · U.S. census
- Verna 1,333 · U.S. census
- Verne 465 · U.S. census
- Verner 3,099 · U.S. census
- Vernet 609 · U.S. census
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