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    The surname Verheyen

    A Dutch surname, carried by 414 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V650

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Verheyen is more common than 68.9% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Verheyen.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 414 people named Verheyen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 745,762 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 380.

    #50,467
    rank among US surnames
    414
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #51,458)

    Who is named Verheyen

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Verheyen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Verheyens

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gert Verheyen
      Belgian association football player, born 1970
    • René Verheyen
      Belgian football player and coach, born 1952
    • Jan Verheyen
      Belgian footballer, born 1944
    • Carl Verheyen
      American guitarist, born 1954

    Notable Verheyens come mostly from Belgium (3) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Verheyen

    Verheyen has the Soundex code V650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V650.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Verheyen come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Verheyen.
    How common is the surname Verheyen?
    414 people in the United States had the surname Verheyen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 745,762 Americans. It ranked 50,467th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Verheyen?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Verheyen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Verheyen?
    Gert Verheyen, Belgian association football player, followed by René Verheyen.
    Where is the surname Verheyen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Verheyen in Belgium and the United States.
    Is the surname Verheyen getting more or less common?
    More common. 380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 414 in 2010, up 8.9%.