Van Beek is a toponymic surname of (southern) Dutch origin. Though translating as "of the stream", the absence of an article suggests that the original bearer originated from a town called Beek rather than lived near a stream. There are several towns which are or were named Beek in Gelderland, Limburg and North Brabant and also one in the municipality Bree in Belgium near the Dutch border.[1] The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 38th in 2007 (17,148 people).[2] Related names include Beek, Van Beeck, Ter Beek, Van der Beek, and Verbeek. People with this surname include:
- Arie van Beek (b. 1951), Dutch conductor
- Bernard van Beek (1875–1941), Dutch landscape painter
- Gijs van Beek (born 1971), Dutch sport shooter
- Gys van Beek (1919–2015), Dutch resistance member and American inventor
- Harold van Beek (b. 1962), Dutch racewalker
- Jackie van Beek, New Zealand film director, writer and actress
- Jan van Beek (1880–1954), Dutch footballer
- Logan van Beek (b. 1990), New Zealand-born Dutch cricketer
- Lotte van Beek (b. 1991), Dutch speed skater
- Martin van Beek (b. 1960), Dutch politician
- Rinus van Beek (1947–2018), Dutch swimmer
- Rob Van Beek (b. 1983), Canadian lacrosse player
- Sven van Beek (b. 1994), Dutch footballer
- Svenja van Beek (b. 1987), Dutch pop singer
- Willibrord van Beek (b. 1949), Dutch politician
- Bontjes van Beek
- Cato Bontjes van Beek (1920–1943), German resistance member
- Van Beeck
- Franz Jozef van Beeck (1930–2011), Dutch Jesuit theologian
- Von Beeck
- Peter von Beeck (died 1624), German (Aachen) historian
See also
- Beek (disambiguation)
- Van der Beek, Dutch surname
References
- ↑ Beek, van at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch surnames
- ↑ Leender Brouwer, The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands
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