Viaene
surname · Dutch · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Viaene is a surname, most frequently recorded in Belgium. It appears chiefly in Dutch and German, written in the Latin script.
- BEBelgium1 in 4.4K◐
- FRFrance1 in 177K
- USUnited States1 in 2.4M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | 8,551 | 73% |
| FR France | 1,577 | 14% |
| US United States | 1,122 | 10% |
| CA Canada | 83 | 1% |
| AR Argentina | 51 | 1% |
≈11,384 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Dutch5.8K50%
- German2.7K23%
- French1.7K15%
- English1.3K11%
- Spanish1051%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | 5,849 | 50% |
| German | 2,667 | 23% |
| French | 1,716 | 15% |
| English | 1,252 | 11% |
| Spanish | 105 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 37 |
| 1901 | 41 |
| 1911 | 42 |
| 1921 | 66 |
| 1931 | 44 |
| 1941 | 50 |
| 1951 | 69 |
| 1961 | 49 |
| 1971 | 50 |
| 1981 | 51 |
| 1991 | 48 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Daniel Viaeneb. 1937FRFrench association football player (1937-2016)
- Jean-Marie Viaeneb. 1953USeconomist (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Tinbergen Instituut; CESifo)
- Patrick Viaeneb. 1953BEBelgian expert industrial heritage
- David Viaeneb. 1965USAmerican football player (born 1965)
- Raquel Viaeneb. 1999BEBelgian association football player
- Keller Viaeneactress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 14 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2.6K | #344 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 2.5K | #358 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 155 | #106,477 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 154 | #119,015 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 145 | #119,508 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 69 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 66 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 51 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 50 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 50 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 49 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 48 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 22 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Viaene?
- Our records include 11,384 bearers of Viaene across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Viaene have the most bearers?
- Viaene is most frequently recorded in Belgium.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Viaene”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.