The van hook Surname
van hook Name Meaning and History
Americanized spelling of Dutch Van Hoek, a habitational name
for someone from any of various places in the Netherlands and Belgium
called Hoek, for example in East and West Flanders, Zeeland, North
Brabant, Gelderland, and elsewhere, or from the Hook of Holland
(Hoek van Holland). Compare Vandenhoek.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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