The Wauters surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 459 people carried this name — #46,404 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (457).
In Belgium’s population register
At least 6,578 people named Wauters 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 303 people named Wauters.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Wauters 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 Mendoza.
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.
Who carried it
People named Wauters,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alphonse Wauters 1817–1898 · historian -
Constant Wauters 1826–1853 · painter -
Emile Wauters 1846–1933 · painter -
Jacob Wauters d. 1660 · artist
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Michel Wauters 1616–1679 · artist
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Pieter Engelbert Wauters 1745–1840 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wauters.
- Watrin 139 · U.S. census
- Watson 252,579 · U.S. census
- Watt 15,211 · U.S. census
- Watte 138 · U.S. census
- Wattier 354 · U.S. census
- Watts 89,649 · U.S. census
- Wawrzyniak 1,093 · U.S. census
- Wax 1,838 · U.S. census
- Way 14,157 · U.S. census
- Weaver 143,837 · U.S. census
- Webb 168,878 · U.S. census
- Webber 26,405 · U.S. census
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