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Verdonk and Verdonck are Dutch toponymic surnames. They are a contraction of van der Donk, where "donk" was a name for sandy raised terrain in a swamp. The spelling Verdonk is more common in the Netherlands, while Verdonck is more common in Belgium. Notable people with the surname include:
De Groot is a surname of Dutch origin.
Wouters is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning son of Wouter, and corresponding to Walters in English. In 2007/2008 there were about 8700 people in the Netherlands and 15700 people in Belgium with that name. People with this name include:
Kuijpers or Kuypers is a Dutch surname corresponding to the English Cooper. Variant spellings are Kuipers, Kuiper, and Cuypers.
Cuypers is a variation of the Dutch surname Kuipers and, has the same meaning as the English surname Cooper or Coopers. People with this surname include:
Geurts is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Geurt may be a variant of Geert from Gerard, or a short form of Govert or Godert. Notable people with the surname include:
Pieters is a Dutch surname, equivalent to Peters. It can refer to:
Bosmans is a Dutch and Afrikaans toponymic surname, meaning "woodmen". It is more common in Belgium than in the Netherlands, where the form Bosman is more abundant. People with this surname include:
Vissers is a Dutch occupational surname, meaning "fisherman's". Notable people with the surname include:
Van de Wiele is a Dutch-language toponymic surname in Belgium meaning "from the wiel". A wiel is a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach. Some of the variants are Van de Wiel, Van der Wiel, Van de Wiele, Vandewiele, Van der Wiele, and Van der Wielen. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Berghe or Vandenberghe is a Belgian topographic 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 Roo is a Dutch surname meaning "the red (haired) one". It is often concatenated to DeRoo in French and West Flanders.
Meuleman is a Dutch surname meaning "mill man". It originally could have referred to a miller or to someone who lived near a wind or water mill. Among variant forms are Meulemans, Meulman(s) and Moleman(s). People with this name include:
Raas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
De Decker is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "the thatcher". A variant spelling is De Dekker. In West Flanders the name is usually agglutinated to Dedecker. People with this name include:
Coolen is a Dutch patronymic surname. Variant forms are Colen, Kolen and Koolen. Cool and Kool are archaic short forms of the given name Nicolaas. In Canada the name may also have evolved as a modern spelling of Coulon.
Hertog or Den Hertog is a Dutch surname meaning "(the) duke". Other variants include Hertogh, Hertoghe, and Hertogs. Notable people with the surname include:
Gielen is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname most common in Belgian and Dutch Limburg. The given name Giel is a short form of either Michiel, Gilbert or Aegidius. Variant forms are Giele and Gielens. Notable 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:
Coomans or Cooman is a Dutch occupational surname most common in Belgium. The name derives via assimilation from the common surname Koopman ("merchant). Among variant forms are Comans, Coopman(s), De Cooman, Koeman(s), Kooman, Koomen, and Koopmans. People with this name include:
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