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Pages in category "Afrikaans-language surnames" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Afrikaans-language surnames (152 P) Surnames of Akan origin (1 C, 55 P) Amharic-language names (73 P) Arabic-language surnames (5 C, 753 P) B. Bambara-language ...
Afrikaans-language surnames (152 P) L. Lozi-language surnames (2 P) T. Tswana-language surnames (1 P) X. ... Pages in category "Surnames of South African origin"
Afrikaans-language surnames (152 P) Albanian-language surnames (179 P) Amharic-language names (73 P) Arabic-language surnames (5 C, 753 P) Armenian-language surnames ...
Coetzee (Afrikaans:) is an Afrikaans surname. It is the tenth most common family name in South Africa. [1] Origin Unlike many ...
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.
The name of the language comes directly from the Dutch word Afrikaansch (now spelled Afrikaans) [n 3] meaning 'African'. [12] It was previously referred to as 'Cape Dutch' (Kaap-Hollands or Kaap-Nederlands), a term also used to refer to the early Cape settlers collectively, or the derogatory 'kitchen Dutch' (kombuistaal) from its use by slaves of colonial settlers "in the kitchen".
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. Notable people with the surname include: