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Wolter is a given name and surname of Low German and Low Franconian origin. It is equivalent to the English Walter, High German Walther, Dutch Wouter and French Gauthier. People with the name Wolter include:
Vedder is a Dutch and Low German surname. Vedder, related to Dutch vader ('father'), meant 'uncle' in Middle Dutch and Eastern dialects of Dutch. Notable people with the surname include:
Coetzee is an Afrikaans surname. It is the tenth most common family name in South Africa.
Swart is an Afrikaans, Dutch and German surname meaning "black". Variations on it are de Swart, Swarte, de Swarte, Swarts, Zwart, de Zwart, and Zwarts. People with this surname include:
Schreuder is a Dutch occupational surname. Schreuder, from early Middle Dutch scrodere, is an archaic term for either a taylor or a porter. People with this surname include:
Zwarte Piet, also known in English by the translated name Black Pete, is the companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore of the Low Countries. Traditionally, Zwarte Piet serves as an assistant to the saint and distributes sweets and gifts to well-behaved children.
Schoenmaker and Schoenmakers are Dutch occupational surnames meaning "shoemaker". People with these names include:
Zwart is a Dutch surname meaning "black". It may refer to:
Snijders is a Dutch occupational surname. Snijder literally means "cutter", referring to a taylor or a woodcarver. People with this surname include:
Vaandrager is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Akker is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the farmland". De(n)Akker has also been the name of many specific farms and hamlets. Variants include Van de Akker, Van den Acker and Van den Aker. Notable people with the surname include:
Zwarts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lammert is a given name derived from Lambert and a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Smets is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a common name in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Flemish Brabant. Despite its similarity to the Dutch surnames Smet, Smits, and Smeets, each equivalent to Smith, Smets (sometimes?) originated from "des Mets", short for "des Metselaars". People named Smets include:
Vonk is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vonk means "spark" and refers to the work of a Smith. People with this surname include:
Tasman is a rare family name in the diaspora of Dutch people. The distribution of people with the surname varies from about 6000 in Indonesia to small numbers in Australia and New Zealand, while by 2007 only seven people with the name lived in the Netherlands. The most notable bearer of this name was the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman.
Van de Sande is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the sand". The name could for example have originated from any of the settlements in the Low Countries named 't Zand. People with the surname include:
Haak is a Dutch surname. It is thought to often be patronymic of origin, referring to a now extinct given name, or, considering the meaning "hook", be toponymic, descriptive or metonymic. People with this surname include:
Wijn or de Wijn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Groningen is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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