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There are eleven official names of South Africa, [1] one in each of its 12 official languages.The number is surpassed only by India. These languages include English, Afrikaans, the Nguni languages (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, and Swazi), the Sotho-Tswana languages (Tswana, Sotho, and Pedi), Venda, and Tsonga.
Unlike many South African family names that are easily traced back to English, Dutch, or Huguenot French, the origin of the name Coetzee is unclear. It is known to date back to Dirk Coetzee, who came to Cape Colony from Kampen, Netherlands, in the 17th century.
Van der Merwe is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the Dutch van der Merwe – the name of the Merwede river in the middle ages ("from the Merwede"). It was brought to South Africa in 1661 by Dutch people employed by the Dutch East India Company.