Family names

Peeters & Janssens

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Peeters & Janssens

Names such as Peeters, Janssens and Maes are still the most important ones in the top 10,000 family names on 01/01/2023.

This top 3 is the same in Flanders. In Wallonia, the 3 most common family names are Dubois, Lambert and Martin, and in the Brussels-Capital Region Diallo, Bah and Barry.

At the very bottom of the list of the 10,000 most frequent family names, we find, with only 181 persons bearing them, names such as Berkvens, Dehez, Mai, Nahimana, Noteboom or Pâques. Ukrainian names are also making an appearance, with 210 Shevchenko and 181 Bondarenko.

The complete top 10:

Belgium #
1 Peeters 30,716
2 Janssens 28,115
3 Maes 24,392
4 Jacobs 18,846
5 Mertens 17,725
6 Willems 17,535
7 Claes 15,590
8 Goossens 15,048
9 Wouters 14,815
10 De Smet 13,332
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Most common family names in 2023 - Belgium and the Regions (top 10)

Belgium Brussels-Capital Region Flemish Region Walloon Region
1 Peeters 30,716 1 Diallo 4,798 1 Peeters 27,459 1 Dubois 9,096
2 Janssens 28,115 2 Bah 2,682 2 Janssens 24,554 2 Lambert 8,311
3 Maes 24,392 3 Barry 1,831 3 Maes 21,324 3 Martin 6,578
4 Jacobs 18,846 4 Sow 1,353 4 Jacobs 16,244 4 Dupont 6,126
5 Mertens 17,725 5 Nguyen 965 5 Mertens 14,632 5 Simon 5,988
6 Willems 17,535 6 Janssens 800 6 Willems 14,625 6 Leclercq 5,805
7 Claes 15,590 7 Dubois 793 7 Claes 13,443 7 Dumont 5,723
8 Goossens 15,048 8 Peeters 725 8 Wouters 13,257 8 Laurent 5,422
9 Wouters 14,815 9 Camara 718 9 Goossens 12,955 9 Lejeune 5,290
10 De Smet 13,332 10 Ahmed 691 10 De Smet 12,014 10 Gérard 5,195