Hofstra is a Dutch surname. It may refer to:
Nagel is a German and Dutch surname. Meaning "nail" in both languages, the surname is metonymic referring to the occupation of a nail maker. Notable people with the surname include:
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Sobel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Paulus is a Latin surname meaning "small" or "humble".
Kuperus and Cuperus are Latinized versions of the common Dutch surname Kuiper meaning cooper. This process was most common in the province of Friesland. One family changed the spelling from Cuperus to Couperus in the 19th century.
Dutcher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Terpstra is a Dutch surname of Frisian origin, which is a topographic name for a person who lived on a terp, a prehistoric man-made mound built on low-lying land as a habitation site. Notable people with this surname include:
Scholten is a surname of Dutch origin and a variant of the name Schouten. It may refer to:
Navin is a surname of various origins. In some cases, it is a Hebrew surname, whose Dutch derivative is Nawijn. In other cases, the surname is derived from the Gaelic surnames Mac Cnáimhín and Ó Cnáimhín.
Molenaar is a Dutch surname deriving from the Dutch word for "miller".
Pieters is a Dutch surname, equivalent to Peters. It can refer to:
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:
Sepp is a surname. When borne by Estonian-descended people, it is usually derived from sepp meaning "smith".
Stenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Szulc is a Polish surname, a version of the German surname Schulz. Notable people with the surname include:
Arends is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname, meaning "son of Arend". It may refer to:
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:
Snider is an Anglicized occupational surname derived from Dutch Snijder "tailor", related to modern Dutch Snijders and Sneijder. It may also be an Anglicized spelling of the German Schneider or Swiss German Schnyder, which both carry the same meaning. The more common Anglicized spelling of the Dutch Snijder is Snyder.
Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno. The form "the brown" is more common.
Möhlmann or Moehlmann is a German surname literally meaning someone who worked or lived at a mill. Variants: Mollmann, de:Möllmann, Mohlman, etc.