Smulders is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a compression of "des mulders", meaning "the miller's son". [1] Notable people with the surname include:
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:
De Groot is a surname of Dutch origin.
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:
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.
Smit is a Dutch occupational surname. It represents an archaic spelling of the Dutch word "smid" for "smith" and is the Dutch equivalent of the English and Scottish surname Smith.
Van der Pol is a Dutch, toponymic surname, originally meaning "from the raised land". Notable people with the surname include:
Molenaar is a Dutch surname deriving from the Dutch word for "miller".
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:
Bouwmeester is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "master builder". Variant forms are Boumeester, Bouwmeesters, and Bouwmeister. Notable people with the surname include:
Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007. Notable people with the surname Kok include:
Hendriksen and Hendrikse are Dutch patronymic surnames. People with the name include:
Van de Wiel or Van der Wiel is a Dutch toponymic surname 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 these surnames 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.
Beers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schoemaker is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "shoemaker". People with this name include:
Tichelaar is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "tile / brick maker". Among variant forms are Tigchelaar, Tigelaar and Tiggelaar. 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.
Bouwens is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "Bouwe's son". Bouwe is a short form of the given name Boudewijn. Variant forms are Bauwens, Boudens, Bouwen, Bouwense and Bouwes. People with the surname include:
Mol is a Dutch surname. Meaning "mole" in Dutch, it may be descriptive in origin, or metonymic for a mole catcher. The name could also be patronymic or toponymic, referring to the town Mol, Belgium in Antwerp province or a location named "the mole(s)". Among variant forms are De Mol, Demol, Moll, Mols, and Van Mol. Notable people with these surnames include:
Nieuwenhuizen is a Dutch surname meaning "new houses". A great number of variant forms exist. Notable people with such surname include: