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Van de Ven

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Van de Ven, Van der Ven and Vandeven are toponymic surnames of Dutch origin. The original bearer may have lived or worked near a ven, a Dutch term for a small lake, like fen ("veen" in Dutch) derived from the Proto-Germanic fanją. Van der Plas and Van der Poel are equivalent Dutch surnames.[1] The name (in the form of van den Venne) can be found as early as the first part of the 14th century in Oirschot. [2] The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 41st in 2007 (16,282 people).[3] People with this surname include:

Van der Ven:

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References

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  1. ^ Ven, van de / der at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch surnames
  2. ^ "Stamboomzoeker.nl".
  3. ^ Leender Brouwer, The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands