Family name Verelst (Verelst 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Verelst is habitual in Belgium, where it is quite a common surname, Belize, where it is quite a rare surname, and Luxembourg. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Western Europe, particularly Belgium, Netherlands, and France. Much less frequently, Verelst is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Verelst | Netherlands, Spain, France, United States, Belgium |
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pieter verelst Dutch Golden Age painter, NL (b. 1618) |
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| herman verelst Dutch painter, NL (b. 1641) |
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| simon pietersz verelst Dutch painter (1644-1721), NL (b. 1644) |
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| john verelst Dutch Golden Age painter, NL (b. 1648) |
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| cornelis verelst 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1667-1734), NL (b. 1667) |
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| john theodore verelst (1673–1713) (b. 1673) |
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| maria verelst 18th-century English painter (1680-1744), AT (b. 1680) |
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| willem verelst English (1704-1752), GB (b. 1704) |
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| dirk hubert verelst (b. 1717) |
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| dietrich hubert von verelst (b. 1723) |
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| harry verelst colonial administrator (1734-1785) (b. 1734) |
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frans verelst Belgian politician, BE (b. 1787) |
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| arthur charles verelst English cleric (b. 1779) |
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| harry verelst English county cricketer (1846-1918) (b. 1846) |
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| herman verelst Belgian journalist, BE (b. 1921) |
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