Niemeyer, Niemeier, or Niemeijer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schumacher or Schuhmacher is an occupational surname. The variant Schumaker is also commonly seen in the USA.
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.
Schmitz is a common German surname (smith).
Brinkman, Brinkmann, Brinckman, and Brinckmann are variations of a German and Dutch surname. It is toponymic surname with the same meaning as the surname Van den Brink: "(man) from the village green". Notable people with these surnames include:
Bischoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schulte is a German surname, derived from the word Schultheiß. Variants of the surname include Scholte, Schuldt, Schultens and Schultze.
Hutchings is a surname of English and Scottish origin. People with the surname include:
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:
Hofman is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname. In the Netherlands, exactly 10,000 people carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium, 1707 people were named Hofman in 1998.
Blanc or le Blanc is a surname of French origin, meaning White. Notable people with the surname include:
Schoenmaker and Schoenmakers are Dutch occupational surnames meaning "shoemaker". People with these names include:
Drinkwater is a surname of English medieval origin. The German equivalent is Trinkwasser, in Italian Bevilacqua and in French Boileau.
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.
Zwarts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arend, Arent or Arendt is a Dutch masculine given name. Arend means "eagle" in Dutch, but the name derives from Arnoud/Arnout, which itself stems from the Germanic elements aran "eagle" and wald "rule, power". The form Arent also occurs in Norway. People with the name include:
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.
Blok is a surname of Dutch origin. Dutch blok has similar meanings as English "block" and the name has a variety of origins, including descriptive, metonymic occupational, toponymic or even patronymic. The Russian and Polish surnames appear of German and Dutch descent. Notable people with the surname include:
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