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Van Gogh (surname)

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Van Gogh is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Goch", a town on the border of the Netherlands in the Kleve District of Germany.[1] It is an uncommon surname (792 people in the Netherlands in 2007),[1] and most people are, like the painter Vincent van Gogh, descendant of Gerrit van Goch, who married in 1631 in The Hague.[2] People with the surname include:

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  1. ^ a b Gogh, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Descendants of Gerrit van Goch