Vandaele
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Vandaele is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country.
- BEBelgium1 in 3K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 28K
- USUnited States1 in 734K
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
- 214 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
3,878 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.
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vandaele 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 | #405 | 3,878 | 1 in 3K | 3.9K | Vandaele | 73 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 28K | 357 | Vandaele | 214 |
| US United States | — | 453 | 1 in 734K | 488 | Vandaele | 122 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 922K | — | Vandaele | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | 14 | Vandaele | 23 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 688K | — | Vandaele | 21 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 333K | — | Vandaele | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 13 | 1 in 646K | 13 | — | 1 |
3,878 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008, counting the spelling van daele. 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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Amand Vandaeleb. 1831BEBelgian politician
- Jean Vandaeleb. 1888FRFrench politician (1888–1963)
- Hugo Vandaeleb. 1956BEBelgian politician
- Christophe Vandaeleb. 1958FRFrench politician
- Wilfried Vandaeleb. 1959BEFlemish politician
- Erwin Vandaeleb. 1971BEBelgian bicycle racer
- Robbie Vandaeleb. 1972BEBelgian bicycle racer
- Gaël Vandaeleb. 1982FRFrench volleyball player
- Laurens Vandaeleb. 2001BEBelgian bicycle racer
- Ursula Vandaelemother of Leopold Slosse
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 3.3K | #246 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 3.1K | #250 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 488 | #46,955 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 453 | #46,902 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 435 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 419 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 415 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 410 | #48,380 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 395 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 357 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 332 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 300 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- In which country does Vandaele have the most bearers?
- In Belgium, the national register counted about 3.9 thousand people named Vandaele, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vandaele.
- Where is Vandaele most common?
- Vandaele is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Vandaele?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 3,878 people named Vandaele in 2008, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Vandaele compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Vandaele is the 405th most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vandaeleThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Vandaele” — the 405th most common surname in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.