Vanden
surname · Latin script
Meaning: to visit
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈvændən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vanden is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country, where it is the 32nd most common surname.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 44K
- FRFrance≈1 in 44K
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 (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 233 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
to visit
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vanden 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 | #32 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Vanden | 122 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Vanden | 193 |
| US United States | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 219K | 173 | Vanden | 233 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 44K | listed | Vanden | 38 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 99K | 1 | Vanden | 83 |
| AR Argentina | — | 220 | 1 in 207K | 220 | — | — |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 36K | 1 | Vanden | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). 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)
Vanden 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 Danish, definite singular of vand
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)
- Dirk Vandenb. 1933USAmerican novelist (1933-2014)
- Dolly Vandenb. 1953FRFrench actress
- Alexis Vandenb. 2004FRFrench fashion designer and social media personality
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 16 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 220 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 113 | #136,783 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- What does the name Vanden mean, and where does it come from?
- to visit Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Vanden?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈvændən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Vanden have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.4 thousand people named Vanden in Belgium, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vanden.
- How common is the name Vanden?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 220 people named Vanden, about 1 in 207 thousand residents.
- How common is Vanden compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Vanden is the 32nd most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vanden?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vandenThe 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, “Vanden” — the 32nd most common surname in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.