Van Buuren () is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

meaning "from/of Buuren". Buuren usually refers to the

County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

or town of

Buren Buren () is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022. Geography Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is part of the landscape of Betuwe, a ve ...

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

, sometimes perhaps to

Büren, Westphalia Büren is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Büren is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alme and Afte, approx. 20 km south-west of Paderborn and approx. 30 km south-east ...

.Buuren, van
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant spellings are ''

Van Beuren Van Beuren () is a Dutch surname. The word ''van'' is equivalent to the English "of" and the German ''von'', hence it usually is not capitalized in names. The similar name, Buren, is a city or estate in the Netherlands which was ruled by the Egmond ...

'' (an American form), ''Van Bueren'', and '' Van Buren''. Notable people with the surname include: ;Van Buuren *

Armin van Buuren Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( , ; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted ''A State of Trance'' (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40&nbs ...

(born 1976), Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer * David van Buuren (1886–1955), Dutch banker and art collector in Belgium * Graeme van Buuren (born 1990), South African cricketer *

Kees van Buuren Kees van Buuren (born 27 July 1986) is a retired Dutch footballer who currently played as a right back. Club career Van Buuren is a defender who was born in Lopik and made his debut in professional football, being part of the FC Utrecht squad i ...

(born 1986), Dutch football defender * (1884–1970), Dutch politician, Minister of Infrastructure 1937–39 *

Meindert van Buuren Meindert van Buuren, Jr. (born 5 January 1995) is a Dutch former racing driver, who currently resides in Rockanje. Career Karting Van Buuren began karting in 2004 at the age of nine and raced mostly in various Dutch championships, working his ...

(born 1995), Dutch racing driver * Mitchell Van Buuren (born 1988), South African cricketer * Mosey van Buuren (1865–1950), South African rugby player * (born 1962), Dutch football defender ;Van Bueren * Edwin van Bueren (born 1980), Dutch football midfielder * Geraldine Van Bueren (born 1955), British international human rights lawyer * (c.1380–1445), master builder of the

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (german: Kölner Dom, officially ', English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of ...

* Walter van Bueren (1912–?), Swiss boxer

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