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Etymology of Vandeursen

What does the name Vandeursen mean?

The Vandeursen name is a habitational surname, created from the name of the German town of Deusen, north of Dortmund, in North Rhine-Westphalia near the Dutch border.

Early Origins of the Vandeursen family

The surname Vandeursen was first found in Flanders.

Early History of the Vandeursen family

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Vandeursen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Van Deusen, Van Deursen, Van Deuson, Van Dussenberg, Deusen, Deursen, Deuson and many more.

Early Notables of the Vandeursen family

Abraham Pietersen Van Deusen (c.1607- c.1670), a miller and a native of Deusen in Holland, who settled in New Amsterdam, where he was one of the Council of 12, the government of the Dutch colony; Handrick Van Dussenberg, brother of Abraham Van Deusen, who also came to America...
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Vandeursen Ranking

In Netherlands, the name Vandeursen is the 527th most popular surname with an estimated 3,320 people with that name. 1


Vandeursen migration to the United States+



Vandeursen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Abraham Pietersen VanDeursen, who arrived in New York in 1630 2
  • Mattheus Abrahamse VanDeursen, who arrived in New York in 1656 2
  • Jacob Abrahamsen VanDeursen, who landed in New York in 1663 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vandeursen (post 1700)+

  • Linda van Deursen, Dutch graphic artist and co-founder of Mevis & Van Deursen, a Dutch graphic design studio based in Amsterdam
  • Arie Theodorus van Deursen (1931-2011), Dutch historian
  • Stef Van Deursen, Belgium silver medalist snowboarder at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics


  1. "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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