The Vervoort surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 250 people carried this name — #76,768 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 227 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vervoort surname
Contraction of van der Voort; see ver-.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vervoort» (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 3,773 people named Vervoort 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 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 85 people named Vervoort.
6 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 print
Vervoort in American newspapers,
1875–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 287 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vervoort,
with a public archive behind them.
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André Vervoort 1865–1943 · politician -
Joop Vervoort 1932–1993 · association football referee -
Hans Vervoort 1939– · writer -
Maja Vervoort 1940– · psychologist -
Ronald Vervoort 1952– · rower -
Joseph Vervoort 1676– · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 29 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vervoort.
- Verschueren 220 · U.S. census
- Verse 171 · U.S. census
- Versluys 236 · U.S. census
- Verstraete 590 · U.S. census
- Vert 472 · U.S. census
- Vervaecke 102 · U.S. census
- Very 180 · U.S. census
- Vesco 322 · U.S. census
- Vescovi 381 · U.S. census
- Vessella 185 · U.S. census
- Vest 11,405 · U.S. census
- Vetro 280 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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