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Schouten is a surname of
Dutch origin. It generally has an
occupational root, where the forebear was a
schout , but can also be
patronymic , as Schoute once was used as a given name.
[1] The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 37th in 2007 (17,626 people).
[2] Variations include Schout , Schoute , Schoutens ,
Scholten and
Scholte . People with this surname include:
Bernardus Dominicus Schouten (born 1979), Dutch Commander G550
Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (born 1962), Dutch politician
Antoine Schouten (born 1946), Canadian field hockey player
Bart Schouten [
de ;
nl ] (born 1967), Dutch speedskating coach
Bas Schouten (born 1994), Dutch racing driver
Bryan Schouten (born 1994), Dutch motorcycle racer
Carola Schouten (born 1977), Dutch politician
Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten (1923–2018), Dutch economist
Erik Schouten (born 1991), Dutch footballer
Esther Schouten [
de ;
nl ] (born 1977), Dutch boxer
Gerrit Schouten (1779–1839), Surinamese diorama artist
Henk Schouten (1932–2018), Dutch footballer
Irene Schouten (born 1992), Dutch speed skater
Jaap Schouten (born 1984), Dutch rower
Jan Arnoldus Schouten (1883–1971), Dutch mathematician
Jan Frederik Schouten (1910–1980), Dutch physician
Jerdy Schouten (born 1997), Dutch footballer
Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (1910–1992), Surinamese poet
Joost Schouten (c.1600–1640), Member of the Council of the Dutch East India Company
Lydia Schouten (born 1948), Dutch performance and video artist
Peter Schouten , Australian illustrator in the field of zoology and palaeontology.
Pieter Schouten (
fl. 1622–1625), Dutch corsair and privateer
Raymond Schouten (born 1985), Dutch motorcycle racer
Willem Schouten (c. 1567–1625), Dutch explorer and circumnavigator who named Cape Horn
Wim Schouten (1878–1941), Dutch Olympic sailor
Wouter Schouten [
de ;
fr ;
nl ;
pt ] (1638–1704), Dutch physician and travel writer
Schoute
Schout
Named after a Schouten
Islands:
Schouten Island , island in Tasmania named after Joost Schouten
Schouten Islands or Biak Islands or Geelvink Islands , in Indonesia, north of New Guinea, named after Willem Schouten, who visited them in 1616
Schouten Islands or Eastern Schouten Islands or Le Maire Islands , of Papua New Guinea, named after Willem Schouten, who visited them in 1616
11773 Schouten , a main-belt asteroid named after Willem Schouten
Mathematics (named after Jan Arnoldus Schouten)
Schoutenia , a plant genus named after the explorer Willem Schouten
J.F. Schouten School for User System Interaction named after Jan Frederik Schouten
See also
References
Surnames derived from the occupation of
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