# Vanderheyden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/vanderheyden/  
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) | 1,226 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,360 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 251,832 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (1,213 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Dutch van (“of”) + der (“the”) + heide (“heath”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Vanderheyden 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Vanderheyden in Belgium.

## People named Vanderheyden

- Peter Van der Heyden, Belgian footballer
- Stéphane Van Der Heyden, Belgian footballer
- Siebe Van der Heyden, association football player (1998-)

## Similar surnames

Vanderpool, Vanderbilt, Vanderlinden, Vanderhoof, Vanderveen, Vanderford, Vandoren, Vanderburg, Vandervort, Vandermeer, Vanderlaan, Vandermolen.

## 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.