De Vos

De Vos is a Dutch-language surname meaning "the fox". In 2007 in the Netherlands, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name spelled it de Vos,[1] while in 2008 in Belgium, primarily in East Flanders, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name capitalized it De Vos.[2] Another 9220 people in Belgium, mostly in West Flanders have the concatenated form Devos,[3] while in the United States the form DeVos can be found.

Notable people with the name include:

de Vos

De Vos van Steenwijk

See also

References

  1. Vos, de at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands.
  2. De Vos at familienaam.be
  3. Devos at familienaam.be
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