The Vuylsteke surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 212 people carried this name — #87,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 189 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,131 people named Vuylsteke 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 198 people named Vuylsteke.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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.
Who carried it
People named Vuylsteke,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julius Vuylsteke 1836–1903 · writer -
Lucie Vuylsteke 1903–1987 · politician -
Louis Vuylsteke 1774–1854 · architect
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Charles Joseph Vuylsteke 1779–1838 · brewer
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Ferdinand Vuylsteke 1805–1872 · politician
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Pauline Adelaïde Vuylsteke 1811–1893 · nun
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vuylsteke.
- Vuillemot 134 · U.S. census
- Vukovic 584 · U.S. census
- Vullo 506 · U.S. census
- Vultaggio 560 · U.S. census
- Vuolo 490 · U.S. census
- Vuong 9,407 · U.S. census
- Waag 319 · U.S. census
- Wable 290 · U.S. census
- Wabnitz 118 · U.S. census
- Wach 830 · U.S. census
- Wachowiak 677 · U.S. census
- Wachter 4,601 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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