Jonker () is a Dutch surname. It is also a variation of the title

jonkheer (female equivalent: ; french: Écuyer; en, Squire) is an honorific in the Low Countries denoting the lowest rank within the nobility. In the Netherlands, this in general concerns a prefix used by the untitled nobility. In Belgium, this is the ...

. The name can be

occupational Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a co ...

of origin, indicating an ancestor who was or worked for a jonkheer, or toponymical, e.g. referring to a house named ''De Jonker''. Jonker
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the surname include: *

Andries Jonker Andries Jonker (; 22 September 1962) is the Netherlands women's national football team manager and former player. Jonker was at the helm of Dutch outfits Willem II, MVV and Volendam and was the assistant manager of VfL Wolfsburg, FC Barcelona ...

(born 1962), Dutch football player and manager *

Charles Jonker Charles Jonker (13 December 1933 – 31 July 1991) was a South African cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Game ...

(1933–1991), South African racing cyclist *

Christiaan Jonker Christiaan Jonker (born 24 September 1986) is a South African cricketer who represents the South Africa national cricket team. He was included in the Border cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. Domestic and T20 franchise career In August 20 ...

(born 1986), South African cricketer *

Henk Jonker Hendrik Peter "Henk" Jonker (Berkhout, 23 November 1912 – Amsterdam, 24 September 2002) was a Dutch photographer. During World War II, he documented the impact of the German occupation of the Netherlands and after the war he started a press agenc ...

(1912–2002), Dutch photographer *

Ingrid Jonker Ingrid may refer to: * Ingrid (given name) * Ingrid (record label), and artist collective * Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid * Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones * 1026 Ingrid, an asteroid * InGrid, the grid computing project ...

(1933-1965), South African poet ** Ingrid Jonker Prize, literary prize for the best Afrikaans or English poetry debut work ** Ingrid Jonker (film), Dutch English-language film about her life * Jacobus Jonker (fl. 1996), South African paralympic athlete * Johannes Jonker (born 1994), South African rugby player *

JW Jonker Jacobus Willem Jonker (born 19 March 1987) is a former South African rugby union footballer that played with the and in Super Rugby and the , , and in domestic rugby between 2006 and 2017. Rugby career He plays mostly as a centre. He represe ...

(born 1987), South African rugby player * Kees Jonker (1909–1987), Dutch competitive sailor * Kelly Jonker (born 1990), Dutch field hockey player *

Kobus Jonker Kobus Jonker is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F37 throwing events. Kobus competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the ...

(fl. 2000), South African paralympic athlete *Kobus "Donker" Jonker, former head of the South African Police Service Occult Related Crimes Unit and a figure in the

Satanic panic (South Africa) The Satanic panic is a moral panic about alleged widespread Satanic ritual abuse which originated around the 1980s in the United States, peaking in the early 1990s, before waning as a result of scepticism of academics and law enforcement agencie ...

Louis Jonker Professor Louis C. Jonker (born 1962 in Riversdale, Western Cape, Riversdal, Western Cape province) is a South African Biblical scholar and writer. Education After his secondary school training at Point High School in Mossel Bay, he studied at t ...

(1962), South African biblical scholar and linguist *

Margo Jonker Margo F. Jonker is an American softball coach and the current head coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas. She was a 2003 inductee in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Career During her 31 years as head coach, the Chippew ...

(born 1954), American softball coach *

Marius Jonker Marius Jonker (born 19 June 1968 in Kimberley, Northern Cape) is a South African rugby union Television Match Official and former referee. He refereed at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, and regularly took charge of Super Rugby and Currie Cup ...

(born 1968), South African rugby referee *

Patrick Jonker Patrick Jonker (born 25 May 1969) is a retired Australian road bicycle racer from Dutch and German ancestry. He was a professional rider from 1993 to 2004. Jonker represented Australia twice at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996. He was an Au ...

(born 1969), Dutch-born Australian racing cyclist **

Patrick Jonker Veloway The Patrick Jonker Veloway (formerly known as the Adelaide Southern Veloway) is a sealed bikeway for the exclusive use of cyclists that runs continuously alongside the Southern Expressway for a distance of 7 km — from Marion/Main So ...

, Australian bikeway named for him * Robert James Jonker (born 1960), American (Michigan) judge *

(born 1944), Australian racing cyclist * (born 1980), Dutch jazz singer * Sjouke Jonker (1924–2007), Dutch journalist and politician, MEP 1979–84 ;Jonkers * Jan Jonkers (born 1955), Dutch racing cyclist * (1890–1971), Dutch jurist and university dean * Marayke Jonkers (born 1981), Australian swimmer and paratriathlete *

Tim Jonkers Tim Jonkers (born 3 July 1981) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played as a forward in the 1990s and 2000s. He played his club football with St Helens, with whom he had Challenge Cup and Super League grand final su ...

(born 1980), Dutch-born Irish rugby player ;Adopted as a given name *

Jonker Afrikaner Jonker Afrikaner ( 1785, ''Roode Zand'' near Tulbagh, South Africa – 18 August 1861, Okahandja) was the fourth Captain of the Orlam in South West Africa, succeeding his father, Jager Afrikaner, in 1823. Soon after becoming ''Kaptein'', h ...

(c.1785–1861), Namibian

Orlam The Oorlam or Orlam people (also known as Orlaam, Oorlammers, Oerlams, or Orlamse Hottentots) are a subtribe of the Nama people, largely assimilated after their migration from the Cape Colony (today, part of South Africa) to Namaqualand and Dam ...

leader *

Jan Jonker Afrikaner Jan Jonker Afrikaner (c. 1820 in Bethanie, South West Africa – 10 August 1889 near Tsoabis, South West Africa) was the second oldest son of Jonker Afrikaner and Beetje Boois. He became the sixth and last Captain of the Orlam Afrikaners in ...

(c.1820–1861), Namibian Orlam leader, son of Jonker **

Jan Jonker Afrikaner High School Jan Jonker Afrikaner is a senior secondary school in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is situated in the Katutura suburb, and is named for Jan Jonker Afrikaner, Captain of the Orlam Afrikaners in South West Africa. Jan Jonker Afrikaner Hi ...

, secondary school in Windhoek, Namibia

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