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Mulder is a surname of two possible origins: Dutch and German.
Vermeulen is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname, meaning "from the (wind/water) mill". It is a contraction of the surname Van der Meulen. In the Netherlands 20,633 people carried the name in 2007, making it the 30th most common surname, while in Belgium 13,552 people were named Vermeulen in 2008, making it the 11th most common name there.
Swart is an Afrikaans, Dutch and German surname meaning "black". Variations on it are de Swart, Swarte, de Swarte, Swarts, Zwart, de Zwart, and Zwarts. People with this surname include:
Mark Serrurier is the son of Dutch-born electrical engineer, Iwan Serrurier, who created the Moviola in 1924 which became the technology used for film editing. Mark was a graduate of Caltech and went on to work on designs for the Palomar Observatory 200 inch Hale Telescope. The pioneering truss design he invented for that instrument's massive tube structure is still used today in large telescope designs. During World War II, Mark worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory testing jet aircraft engines. In 1942, Rolf Sabersky worked in mechanical design on the Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel under Serrurier and Hap Richards. After the war in 1946 Mark took over as president of Moviola Co., his father Iwan’s company. Mark re-designed his father's invention with many improvements and ran the company until he sold it in 1966. In 1979, Mark accepted a special Academy Award for Technical Achievement" For the progressive development of the Moviola from the 1924 invention of his father, Iwan Serrurier, to the present Series 20 sophisticated film editing equipment". He only accepted after insisting that his late father's name would also appear on the statue. The Oscar sat on Mark's kitchen table until his death from Alzheimer's disease on Valentine's Day 1988.
De Klerk, Klerk, De Klerck or Klerck is surname of Dutch and Frisian origin.
Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname. The name is an old plural of Smid (blacksmith), though the plural in modern Dutch would be Smeden.
Iwan Serrurier was a Dutch-American electrical engineer notable for inventing the Moviola.
De Waal is a Dutch surname with the literal translation "the Walloon". Originally it may have also referred to other southern, non-Germanic and French-speaking persons. A variant, archaic spelling is De Wael. Notable persons with that surname include:
Pauw, de Pauw or DePauw are variants of a Dutch or Flemish surname and may refer to:
Theunis is a Dutch masculine given name. Like Teunis, it is a derivative of Anthonius (Anthony). It is considered a diminutive form of Antonius, Anthonius used in Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and Indonesia. Theuns is a short form used in South Africa. Both Theunis and Theuns also exist as a patronymic surname.
Declercq is a Dutch occupational surname, meaning "the clerk", common in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a concatenation of the even more common name De Clercq that is quite specific to East Flanders. People with this name include:
Pieters is a Dutch surname, equivalent to Peters. It can refer to:
Broers is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "Broer's (son)". Broer and Broeder mean "brother" in Dutch. A nickname for a younger sibling is likely the origin of the given name, which is by now rare in the Netherlands. The surname may sometimes have originated from any of the other meanings of "brother". Variant forms are Broeders, Broer, Broere, Broerse and Broersen. People with this surname include:
Goossens is a Dutch-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Goos/Goossen" (Goswin). It is the 8th most common name in Belgium. Notable people with the surname include:
Van de Walle is a Dutch language toponymic surname of Flemish origin, meaning "from the river embankment, quay, or rampart". In West Flanders the name is more common in concatenated forms like Vande Walle and VandeWalle. In the Netherlands the form Van der Wal is most common.
Verheyen is a Dutch-language toponymic surname. It is a variant spelling of Verheijen and a contraction of the surname Van der Heijden, meaning "from the heath".
Iwan is a masculine given name and a surname.
Thys is a Dutch patronymic surname. It is an alternative spelling of Thijs, a very common nickname for Matthijs (Mattheus). The Dutch digraph ij and the y were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. The form "Thys" is particularly common in the Belgian province of Antwerp, while "Thijs" is most common in Belgian Limburg. Outside the Low Countries the spelling is almost exclusively "Thys." People with this surname include:
Van der Poel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the pool". Abroad the surname is often concatenated to "Vanderpoel". People with this surname include:
Mostert is a Dutch and Afrikaans metonymic occupational surname. Meaning "mustard", it originally referred to a mustard miller or salesman. The Middle Dutch spelling Mostaert and modern Dutch spelling Mosterd are among variant forms of the surname. People with these surnames include:
