von Scholten
Any idea of origination?
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This is what I found*
SCHOLTE: Variant of SCHULTE
SCHOLTEN: patronymic form
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Schulte&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
* Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000
SCHOLTE: Variant of SCHULTE
SCHOLTEN: patronymic form
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Schulte&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
* Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000
In Dutch, this surname is from the word schout which means "bailiff, sheriff". Often the surname comes from houses called Scholten, because once a 'schout' lived there. Later, the family living in the house used the name as their surname. Another possibility is that is patronymic from the firstnames Scholte, Scholto or Schelto. These names are from to the word schout as well.
"Von" means "of."