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Dutch family names were not required until 1811 when emperor Napoleon annexed the Netherlands; [1] prior to 1811, the use of patronymics was much more common. In Dutch linguistics , many names use certain qualifying words (prepositions) which are positioned between a person's given name and their surname .
Pages in category "Dutch-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,563 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The most common Dutch surnames in the Netherlands (as of 1947) and Flanders in Belgium are listed to the right. Meertens' Dutch surname database lists 94,143 different family names; the total Dutch speaking population in Europe is estimated to be about 23 million people.
The Brussels-Capital Region is a mix of both Dutch- and French-language influences, with a large influx of foreign names. ... The 20 most common surnames in the ...
Dutch-language surnames (2 C, 1,563 P) F. Surnames of Frisian origin (42 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Dutch origin" The following 200 pages are in this category ...
De Vries is one of the most common Dutch surnames. [1] It indicates a geographical origin: "Vriesland" is an old spelling of the Dutch province of Friesland . Hence, "de Vries" means "the Frisian". The name has been modified to "DeVries", "deVries", or "Devries" in other countries. People named De Vries:
De Jong is a Dutch language surname meaning "young". It is the most common surname in the Netherlands, represented by 86,534 people in 2017. It may also be found in the anglicized form Young [1] or De Young. Notable people with the surname are listed in the sections below.
The common Korean surname Kim is also the common Chinese surname Jin, and written 金. The common Mandarin surnames Lin or Lim (林) is also one and the same as the common Cantonese or Vietnamese surname Lam and Korean family name Lim ( written/pronounced as Im in South Korea ).