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D'Hondt is a Dutch surname, most common in East Flanders. Variants are D'Hont, De Hondt and Dhondt. D'Hondt is an old spelling of de hond. The Honte was also the name of the bay that is now the Eastern end of the Western Scheldt. People with this name include:
De Clerck is a Dutch surname, particularly common in Flanders. In the province of West Flanders, the name is usually concatenated to Declerck. People with the surname include:
De Man is a Dutch surname, meaning "the man". The agglutinated form "Deman" is most common in West Flanders. People with this surname include:
DeSutter is a surname derived from the Latin word sutor (shoemaker) and is widely used in Flanders. One could translate DeSutter as 'The Shoemaker'. The first record of the name is from the 13th century in Flanders. DeSutters originated in the northernwestern parts of Belgium in the Ghent area near the English Channel, as well as in Northwestern France. Variants include De Sutter, DeSoto, DeZuter, DeZutter and De Zutter.
Devos is a concatenated form of the Dutch-language surname De Vos, common in the Belgian province of West Flanders and French Flanders. DeVos is a version of "De Vos" found in the United States.
Visscher is a Dutch occupational surname. Visscher is an archaic spelling of Dutch visser meaning "fisherman". Varianta are Visschers and De Visscher. The latter form is now most common in East Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Smet is a Dutch occupational surname. Smet is a regional form of Smid ("Smith") and is equivalent to the more abundant surname Smit. It is common in East Flanders. People named Smet include:
Declercq is a Dutch occupational surname, meaning "the clerk", common in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a concatenation of the even more common name De Clercq that is quite specific to East Flanders. People with this name include:
De Groote is a Dutch surname meaning "the big one". It is most common in Flanders and sometimes is concatenated as DeGroote or Degroote. People with this name include:
Van de Walle is a Dutch language toponymic surname of Flemish origin, meaning "from the river embankment, quay, or rampart". In West Flanders the name is more common in concatenated forms like Vande Walle and VandeWalle. In the Netherlands the form Van der Wal is most common.
Van Acker a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) farmland". It is common in East Flanders and Zeelandic Flanders, while the agglutinated form Vanacker is more common in the province of West Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Verbeke is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a contraction of Van der Beek, meaning "from the creek". It is particularly common in West Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Daele is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is most common in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The agglutinated form Vandaele is most common in West Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Berghe or Vandenberghe is a Belgian toponymic surname meaning in [Flemish] "from the mountain". The first form is most common in East Flanders while the concatenated version is most abundant in West Flanders. Closely related names are Van den Berg, common in the Netherlands, and Van den Bergh. Notable people with the surname include:
De Smet or Desmet is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a regional form of "the smith" very common in East and West Flanders. It was the tenth most common name in Belgium in 1997. Notable people with the surname include:
Baert is a Flemish surname particularly common in the Belgian provinces of West and East Flanders. It may be patronymic (Bart), though "baert" is also an archaic spelling of Dutch "baard", meaning "beard", and may have referred to a person's appearance or profession as a barber. People with this surname include:
Moens is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of "Mo(e)n", a short form of Simon particularly common in East Flanders.
Dhondt is a Dutch surname, most common in East Flanders. It is a compression of the surnames D'Hondt and De Hondt. A variant spelling is Dhont. Notable people with the surname include:
Christiaens or Christiaans is a Dutch patronymic surname ("Christiaan's") most common in East and West Flanders. People with this name include:
Lievens is a Dutch patronymic surname ("Lieven's") most common in Belgium. People with this surname or patronym include:
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