# Devos (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/devos/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,200 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,752 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 140,339 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (2,147 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Vos |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch de Vos, Devos.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Devos in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Devos in Belgium and the United States.

## People named Devos

- Betsy DeVos, American politician and philanthropist (born 1958)
- Richard DeVos, American businessman (1926–2018)
- Pieter Devos, Belgian show jumping rider
- Léon Devos, Belgian racing cyclist
- Werner Devos, Belgian cyclist
- Nathalie De Vos, Belgian distance runner
- Rich DeVos, American businessman
- Helen DeVos, American philanthropist and political donor (1927–2017)
- Luc De Vos, Belgian singer and writer (1962–2014)

## Similar surnames

DeBose, Davis, Davies, Dubois, Dobbs, DuBose, Dupuis, Dabbs, Depaz, Daves, Defazio, DiBiase.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.