Flanders is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Flanders
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: English name (also included in Guadeloupe) denoting one who is native of Flanders, County or Earldom of the Low Countries, or Netherlands. It took its name either from Flandrina, the wife of Liderick II, Prince of Buc, or from Fiambert, the nephew of Clodion, King of France

How popular is Flanders?

Flanders is common in United States.

Flanders is ranked 35961 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Flanders bearers increased by 5.98239 per cent in 2010 US census to 8787 since 2000, the surname slipped by 107 spots and ranked at 4043. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.39 87.46
Black 9.29 8.39
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 1.83
Others 1.59 1.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.47
Flanders is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Grenada is ahead in terms of density. Around 13779 people have been found who wears Flanders as their family name. Flanders is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
108,034 Italy3
31,767 Greece2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
40,256 Mexico2
139,444 Brazil2
54,135 Philippines2
13,552 Qatar2
7,895 South Korea1
810,193 Indonesia1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
30,360 Thailand1
7,292 Vietnam1
573 Vanuatu1
18,969 Wales1
798 Anguilla1
36,678 Singapore1
586 San Marino1
7,191 Afghanistan1
120,357 Argentina1
10,190 Bahrain1
799 British Virgin Islands1
24,771 Colombia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
172,258 Germany1
7,941 Guatemala1
16,640 Hong Kong1
20,172 Hungary1
49,529 Israel1
16,073 Latvia1
47,891 Norway1
58,885 Poland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
241 Saint Kitts and Nevis34
21,901 Chile27
11,387 Ireland22
83,233 Spain16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,298 Belgium89
6,532 Scotland79
251 Grenada74
10,776 New Zealand62
Countries with hundreds of Flanders:
7,451 England914
4,597 Australia654
8,972 Canada449
15,361 South Africa402
1,048 Trinidad and Tobago191
57,437 France171
20,168 Netherlands133
Countries with ten thousands of Flanders:
3,846 United States10,399
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Flanders Namesakes

  • Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders, Countess of Flanders
  • Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders, Countess of Flanders
  • Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort of England
  • Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders, Countess of Flanders
  • Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort of England
  • Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, Count of Flanders
  • Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Count of Flanders
  • Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Count of Flanders
  • Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Count of Flanders
  • Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, Count of Flanders
  • In 0, Chantel Flanders characterized the role of Megan Woodhouse in horror movie Chapter X.

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