How common is the surname Verstraete?

590 people in the United States had the surname Verstraete in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. It ranked 37,691st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Verstraete?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Verstraete identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Verstraete?

Birger Verstraete, Belgian footballer, followed by Daniel Verstraete.

Where is the surname Verstraete most common?

Wikidata records people named Verstraete in Belgium.

Is the surname Verstraete getting more or less common?

Less common. 594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 590 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Verstraete

A Dutch surname, carried by 590 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Verstraete is more common than 76.8% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Verstraete.

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 590 people named Verstraete in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 594.

#37,691

rank among US surnames

590

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #35,757)

Who is named Verstraete

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

93% of people named Verstraete identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.5%

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 Verstraetes

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Birger Verstraete
Belgian footballer, born 1994
Daniel Verstraete
Belgian bishop, born 1924
Louis Verstraete
Association football player, born 1999
Théodore Verstraete
Belgian painter (1850-1907)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Verstraete

Verastegui

Verstraete has the Soundex code V623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V623.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Verstraete come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Verstraete.
How common is the surname Verstraete?: 590 people in the United States had the surname Verstraete in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. It ranked 37,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Verstraete?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Verstraete identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Verstraete?: Birger Verstraete, Belgian footballer, followed by Daniel Verstraete.
Where is the surname Verstraete most common?: Wikidata records people named Verstraete in Belgium.
Is the surname Verstraete getting more or less common?: Less common. 594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 590 in 2010, down 0.7%.