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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:
Kuntze is a surname of German origin. People with that name include:
De Groot is a surname of Dutch origin.
Schouten is a surname of Dutch origin. It generally has an occupational root, where the forebear was a schout, but can also be patronymic, as Schoute once was used as a given name. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 37th in 2007. Variations include Schout, Schoute, Schoutens, Scholten and Scholte. People with this surname include:
Gies is a surname of Germanic origin. It is either a patronymic surname, Gies being a form of the old Germanic name Giso, or a toponymic surname related to the Old High German word Gieze for a small stream. People with this name include:
Visser is a Dutch occupational surname, meaning "fisherman". In 2007, nearly 50,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the eighth most populous name in the country. Common variant forms of the name are De Visser, Visscher, and Vissers.
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.
Van Vliet is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer may have lived or worked near a vliet, a Dutch term for a minor stream. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 40th in 2007. Variations include Van de Vliet and Van der Vliet. People with this 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:
Van der Wal is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer of the name may have lived or worked at or near a "wal": a river embankment, quay, or rampart. In 2007, Van de(r) Wal was the 47th most common surname in the Netherlands. In Belgium, the form Van de Walle is more abundant.
Postma is a surname of Frisian origin. In 2007 there were 12,395 people in the Netherlands with the surname, most concentrated in the province of Friesland. The form Postema is more common in the neighboring province of Groningen. The surname's origin may be in "posthumous", occupational or toponymic. People with the name include:
Fazekas is a Hungarian language surname meaning potter. Notable people with the surname include:
Boer is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "farmer". Variants are Boere, Boeres, Boers, Den Boer and most commonly De Boer. People with this surname include:
Van Lierop is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Lierop", a town in North Brabant. People with this name include:
de Zwart is a Dutch surname, meaning "the black (one)", usually having referred to dark hair. Variant forms include De Swart, De Swarte and De Zwarte. People with these names include:
Snyder 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. A less common Anglicized spelling of the Dutch Snijder is Snider.
Groot is a Dutch surname. Groot means "big" in Dutch and was originally the name for a tall person. The name is most common in the province of North Holland. It may refer to:
Lubbers is a Dutch patronymic surname. People with this name include:
Ras is a surname with a variety of origins. In Dutch ras means "nimble, swift", but it is a patronymic surname: the archaic given name Ras, Raas, or Raes was short for Erasmus or was a derivative the Middle Dutch male name Razo. In Polish or Serbian the name is likely also patronymic, while in French the meaning "bare" or "shorn" may indicate a topographic name for someone who lived on bare or razed land. People with this surname include:
Qu. While the character 曲 is often pronounced Qǔ in Modern Mandarin, the surname is pronounced Qū in the first tone. It is written Khúc in Vietnamese.
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