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Burgers is a Dutch surname. It means "citizen's", but the name is also of patronymic origin, with the Germanic given name Burger related to Burchard. Notable people with the surname include:
Ten Brink is a Dutch toponymic surname originally meaning "at the village green". Variations include Ten Brinke and Tenbrink. People with this name include
Koopman is a Dutch occupational surname that means "merchant". The spelling Coopman is more common in West Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Schimmelpennin(c)k is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Vonck is a Dutch surname. Vonk means "spark" and refers to the work of a Smith. The surname can refer to several people:
Kuijpers or Kuypers is a Dutch surname corresponding to the English Cooper. Variant spellings are Kuipers, Kuiper, and Cuypers.
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:
Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger.
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:
Klaasen is Dutch patronymic surname. Notable people with this name include:
Vink, Dutch for chaffinch, is a Dutch surname. It usually is a metonymic occupational surname, referring to one who catches chaffinches in a vinkenbaan, for food or entertainment. Variants of the name are De Vink and Vinck. The forms Vinke and Vinken could be of patronymic origin, as Vink/Finke was a masculine given name. People with this name include:
Verheijen is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a contraction of the surname Van der Heijden, meaning "from the heath". People with this surname include:
Hout, van Hout and van den Hout are Dutch surnames meaning "wood", "timber" or "of the wood". Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Hoek is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the corner". Variations on the name include Van Hoek, Van der Hoek, Van den Hoeck, Van den Hoecke, and concatenated forms of these. The surname Verhoek is a contraction of "Van der Hoek". People with these surnames include:
Van Santen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Xanten". An alternative origin may be in Saintes, a town just across the language border in Walloon Brabant. People with the surname include:
Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.
Moonen is a Dutch patronymic surname, derived from Moon, a short form of Simon in Limburg. Among variant forms are Monen, Moons and Moens. Notable people with the surname include:
De Rooij or De Rooy is a Dutch surname meaning "the red one". People with this surname include:
Schoemaker is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "shoemaker". People with this name include:
Jansma is a West Frisian patronymic surname cognate to "Johnson". People with this surname include:
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