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Van Ryzin Surname Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch Van Rijzen: habitational name for someone from any of various places called with rijsen ‘osiers’.

It is also a name for someone from Rijssen in Overijssel near Deventer.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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