Vanderploeg Family History
Vanderploeg Name Meaning
Dutch (Van der Ploeg):: habitational name for someone living at a house named De Ploeg (‘The Plow’) probably one with a plow depicted on a shield or a plaque. possibly also a nickname for a maker or seller of plows (compare 1 above) and also for a bookbinder from the Dutch use of ploeg to mean a clamp used in bookbinding. Compare Ploeg .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022