Peeters, Janssens and Maes are the most common family names in Belgium

Names such as Peeters, Janssens and Maes are still the most important ones in the top 10,000 family names on 01/01/2024 in Belgium.

30,558 people bear the name Peeters, 27,927 the name Janssens and 24,233 the name Maes.

This top 3 is the same in Flanders. In Wallonia, the 3 most common family names are Dubois, Lambert and Martin, and in the Brussels-Capital Region Diallo, Bah and Barry.

Compared to 2023, the top 10 family names at national level and in the Walloon Region remains unchanged.

In the Flemish Region, the Willems took over from the Mertens, finishing in a very respectable 5^th place. As for the name Mertens, it has dropped one place to 6^th. The rest of the ranking remains unchanged from 2023.

The Brussels-Capital Region has seen the most changes. Dubois outranks Janssens and Camara outranks Peeters. Dubois comes 6^th, followed by Janssens, Camara and Peeters.

The results for 2023 are clear: there has been little change in the family name ranking, and the dominance of the names Peeters, Janssens and Maes is unquestionable.

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