Baetens
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bɑɛtɛns/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Baetens is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country.
- BEBelgium1 in 4K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 199K
- IEIreland≈1 in 333K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Belgium (measured from records)
- Sources
- 88 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)
2,927 people, 2008
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Baetens counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | #433 | 2,927 | 1 in 4K | 2.9K | Baetens | 82 |
| FR France | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 371K | 24 | Baetens | 88 |
| US United States | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | listed | Baetens | 57 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 87 | 1 in 199K | 87 | Baetens | 17 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 2.2M | — | Baetens | 17 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 333K | — | Baetens | 1 |
2,927 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Baetens is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, going
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Charles Baetensb. 1826NLviolinist and composer
- Robert Baetensb. 1930BEBelgian rower (1930–2016)
- Rob Baetensb. 1956BEBelgian creator
- Jan Baetensb. 1957BEBelgian poet, literary critic and essayist (born 1957)
- Veerle Baetensb. 1978BEBelgian actress
- Seppe Baetensb. 1989BEvolleyball player
- Laura Baetensb. 1997BEBelgian association football player
- Antonia Rosalia Baetensperson (1830-1857)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2.9K | #298 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 2.6K | #326 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 87 | #21,216 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 17 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Baetens?
- A machine transcription gives /bɑɛtɛns/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- In which country does Baetens have the most bearers?
- In Belgium, the national register counted about 2.9 thousand people named Baetens, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baetens.
- Where is Baetens most common?
- Baetens is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Baetens?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 2,927 people named Baetens in 2008, about 1 in 4.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Baetens compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Baetens is the 433rd most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Baetens?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/baetensThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baetens” — the 433rd most common surname in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.