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By taking the total of all people with full Dutch ancestry, according to the current CBS definition (both parents born in the Netherlands), resulting in an estimated 16,000,000 Dutch people, [note 1] or by the sum of all people worldwide with both full and partial Dutch ancestry, which would result in a number around 33,000,000.
This random sampling of Dutch family names is sorted by family name, with the tussenvoegsel following the name after a comma. Meanings are provided where known. See Category:Dutch-language surnames and Category:Surnames of Frisian origin for surnames with their own pages. Baas – The Boss; Bakker – Baker; Beek, van – From the brook
Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), road and track cyclist, four-time world champion; Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942–2024), figure skater; Robert Doornbos (born 1981), Formula One driver; Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author; Francisco Elson (born 1976), NBA player for Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs
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 most common Dutch names in Belgium are nearly all patronymic "father-based" names in which they are composed with the following formula name of father + "-son", the only exceptions ...
German family names most often derive from given names, geographical names, occupational designations, bodily attributes or even traits of character. Hyphenations notwithstanding, they mostly consist of a single word; in those rare cases where the family name is linked to the given names by particles such as von or zu , they usually indicate ...
The Dutch diaspora consists of the Dutch and their descendants living outside the Netherlands. [1]Emigration from the Netherlands has been occurring for since at least the 17th century, and may be traced back to the international presence of the Dutch Empire and its monopoly on mercantile shipping in many parts of the world.
Dutch people, or descendants of Dutch people, are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in South Africa and the United States. [ 211 ] [ 212 ] The Randstad is the country's largest conurbation located in the west of the country and contains the four largest cities: Amsterdam in the province North Holland , Rotterdam and The Hague in ...
This category includes articles on people who (or whose ancestors) emigrated from the Netherlands to other countries. For the opposite, see Category:Dutch people by descent Subcategories