Some people have surnames that are two separate words, or one word, with two capitals. Examples would be Dutch names like: Van Patten Van Houten Van Buren Or Italian names like: De Luca Del Vecchio Della Rossa DeMarco So in both cases, the "Van" or the "De" or "Del" mean "from" a particular geographic place. Okay, we all know that, no big deal. More @Wikipedia
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