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. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 37th in 2007 (17,626 people). Variations include Schout, Schoute, Schoutens, Scholten and Scholte. People with this surname include:
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. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 37th in 2007 (17,626 people). 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 (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 (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 (1638–1704), Dutch physician and travel writer Schoute Pieter Hendrik Schoute (1846–1913), Dutch mathematician Schout Pieter Jacobsz Schout (1570–1645), Dutch mayor of Haarlem. Members of the Haarlem schutterij portrayed by Frans Hals between 1616 and 1639, including Cornelis Jacobsz Schout, Jacob Cornelisz Schout, Loth Schout, and Pieter 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 Schouten languages, spoken on and near the Schouten Islands of Papua New Guinea 11773 Schouten, a main-belt asteroid named after Willem Schouten Mathematics (named after Jan Arnoldus Schouten) Schouten tensor, a mathematical object related to differential geometry Schouten–Nijenhuis bracket, mathematical operator Weyl–Schouten theorem Schoutenia, a plant genus named after the explorer Willem Schouten J.F. Schouten School for User System Interaction named after Jan Frederik Schouten
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