Dutch
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
** Dutch people as an ethnic group ()
** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship ()
** Dutch language ()
* In specific terms, i ...
toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,
South Holland
South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...
North Brabant
North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...
Gelderland
Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
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Teralfene
Teralfene is a village in the municipality of Affligem, Belgium. It has an area of 244 ha (602.94 acres). The other communities in Affligem are Hekelgem and Essene.
Name
The name "Teralfene" originates from the brook Alfene (now called the Bell ...
in
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant ( ; ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also ...
.Alphen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dick van Alphen (1938–2009), Dutch-born Australian soccer player
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Hans Van Alphen
Hans Van Alphen (born 12 January 1982, in Turnhout) is a Belgium, Belgian decathlete.
Van Alphen won the silver medal at the Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade, 2007 Summer Universiade and finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships i ...
(born 1982), Belgian decathlete
* Hieronymus van Alphen (1746–1803), Dutch Treasurer-General and children's poet
* Isaac Van Alphen (f. 1881), Postmaster General of the
South African Republic
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Wander Johannes de Haas
Wander Johannes de Haas (2 March 1878 – 26 April 1960) was a Dutch physicist and mathematician. He is best known for the Shubnikov–de Haas effect, the De Haas–Van Alphen effect and the Einstein–de Haas effect.
Personal life
Wander de Ha ...
and his student Pieter M. van Alphen (1906–1967)
* 20 van Alphen, road running race held in Alphen aan den Rijn