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Help[Surname] Re: Spyksma
in reply to a message by Menke
There are people in Holland named Spyksma so it's hardly an anglicization though Spijksma is far more common. This is one of many variants as shown at
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Spijk. As far as I can tell from
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Spijkman, it denotes a person from a place named Spijk, one of which is in Friesland as you can see at http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp.
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Spijk. As far as I can tell from
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Spijkman, it denotes a person from a place named Spijk, one of which is in Friesland as you can see at http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp.
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