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Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest ("bosch", modern Dutch "bos"), with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, [1] while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008. [2] Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.

People with this surname include:

Van der Bosch
Vandebosch

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References

  1. Bosch, van de / den / der in the Netherlands Surname Databse
  2. van den bosch etc. at www.familienaam.be