About Vanvolkenburgh
The surname Vanvolkenburgh is of Dutch origin and is derived from the combination of two elements: "van" meaning "from" or "of" and "volken" meaning "people" or "folk." The suffix "-burgh" is a variant of "-burg" which means "fortress" or "castle." Therefore, the surname Vanvolkenburgh can be interpreted as "from the fortress or castle of the people" or "of the people from the fortress." It likely originated as a locational surname, indicating that the bearer hailed from a place associated with a fortress or castle.
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