Veldhoen
surname · Latin script
Veldhoen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 17K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 640K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1M
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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 49 (measured from records)
- 1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
1,037 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
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 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Veldhoen 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 1,037 | 1 in 17K | 1K | Veldhoen | 49 |
| DE Germany | ≈74 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Veldhoen | 32 |
| CA Canada | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 640K | — | Veldhoen | 30 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Veldhoen | 6 |
| AU Australia | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Veldhoen | 11 |
1,037 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cor Veldhoenb. 1939NLDutch footballer (1939-2005)
- Henk Veldhoenb. 1944NLDutch politician (1944-1996)
- David Veldhoenb. 1957NLDutch sculptor (born 1957)
- Martijn Veldhoenb. 1962NLDutch painter (born 1962)
- Gala Veldhoenb. 1971NLDutch politician
- Marc VeldhoenGBresearcher
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 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 1K | #1,643 |
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
- In which country does Veldhoen have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.0 thousand people named Veldhoen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled veldhoen.
- Where is Veldhoen most common?
- Veldhoen is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 17 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Veldhoen?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,037 people named Veldhoen in 2007, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Veldhoen?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/veldhoenThe 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, “Veldhoen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.