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The Verstraete surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 590 people carried this name — #37,691 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 594 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Verstraete surname

Contraction of van der Straete; see ver-.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Verstraete» (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 5,824 people named Verstraete 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 map

Where they live today

West Flanders 3,453
East Flanders 1,516
Flemish Brabant 241
Antwerp 218
Hainaut 168
Brussels-Capital 122
Namur 43
Walloon Brabant 40

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 801 people named Verstraete.

57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 57
Nord 497
Paris 52
Pas-de-Calais 38
Seine-et-Marne 28
Somme 19
Loiret 12
Aisne 11
Seine-Maritime 7

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 77 people named Verstraete 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 Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 32
Córdoba 30
Buenos Aires Province 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Verstraete live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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

Vaud 14
Valais 5
Zurich 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Verstraete,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Julia Laquet
    Julia Laquet 1833–1903 · actor
  • Théodore Verstraete
    Théodore Verstraete 1850–1907 · painter
  • Marie Verstraete
    Marie Verstraete 1853–1928 · actor
  • Frank Vernon
    Frank Vernon 1902–1979 · writer
  • Rosalia Verstraete 1827–1888 · nun
  • Charles Verstraete 1829–1901 · journalist

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

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Surnames next to Verstraete.

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