Flamand: Surname History and Family Crest

Here is a quick, evidence-based look at the Flamand surname.

• Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Flamand line back.
• No reliable dictionary entry explains Flamand, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.
• 367 Americans were listed as Flamand in the 2010 census. That puts it among the top 100,000 US surnames. French birth records list 3,342 children named Flamand between 1891 and 2000.

Heraldry and the Flamand name

There is no single Flamand family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Flamand line, if any, bore arms. Research your Flamand family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.