And the most common surname in Belgium is …

StatBel has unveiled the list of the most common surnames in Belgium and its different regions. At the top of the list, we find the surname “Peeters”. 

 With 31,816 people bearing this last name on January 1, 2017, of which 28,446 are in Flanders alone, the “Peeters” are ahead of “Janssens” (29,309), “Maes” (25,025) and “Jacobs” (19,508). It should be noted that the top ten names in this national ranking also occupy the top ten places in the Flemish region.

On the Walloon side, it is “Dubois” who comes back most often with a total of 9,421 people (12,683 over the whole of Belgium). This is more than the “Lambert” (8,579), the “Martin” (6,809) or the ”

Finally, Brussels-Capital counts 3 446 “Diallo”, 1 951 “Bah” and 1376 “Barry”.

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