Wouters surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wouters surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 366 people carried this name — #53,047 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 14,162 people named Wouters 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 map

Where they live today

Antwerp 7,268
Flemish Brabant 2,670
Limburg 2,046
East Flanders 524
West Flanders 417
Brussels-Capital 318
Hainaut 266
Liège 266

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 238 people named Wouters.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Nord 85
Paris 43
Haute-Marne 20
Seine-Maritime 10
Yvelines 9
Oise 7
Doubs 5
Pas-de-Calais 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Wouters live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 8
Vaud 7
Aargau 6
Graubünden 4
Zug 4
Lucerne 3
Neuchâtel 3
Schwyz 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Wouters in American newspapers,
1881–1960.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Wouters
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1881-10-08
Newspaper page from VorwäRts carrying the name Wouters
VorwäRts 1900-08-19
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Wouters
The Evening World 1911-02-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,415 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wouters,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cornelius Valerius
    Cornelius Valerius 1512–1578 · teacher
  • Andrew Wouters
    Andrew Wouters 1542–1572 · presbyter
  • Frans Wouters
    Frans Wouters 1612–1659 · painter
  • Adolphe Wouters
    Adolphe Wouters 1849–1924 · composer
  • Johanna Petronella Odijk-Wouters
    Johanna Petronella Odijk-Wouters 1867–1945 · women's rights activist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 132 lives in all are documented under this name.

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