Peeters & Janssens

Population

5 July 2023

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

Figures

Top 10

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