Cognomen Houwen (厚文 
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, 后文 ) , all over the world, is quite a rare surname. The family name Houwen is characteristic of Suriname, where it is quite a common surname, Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, and Kosovo. In absolute terms, it is commonest in China, Netherlands, and Belgium. More frequently, Houwen is the forename as well as the last name.
| victorinus augustus alois houwen (b. 1816) |
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| jacob menno houwen politician, NL (b. 1869) |
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| gerhardus houwen Dutch drawer and photographer, NL (b. 1875) |
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| jacobus van der houwen Dutch military personnel (1909-1994), NL (b. 1909) |
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| bob houwen NL (b. 1913) |
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| joris houwen Belgian painter, BE (b. 1925) |
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| paul houwen Belgian curator (1933-1991), BE (b. 1933) |
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| piet van der houwen Dutch chess player, NL (b. 1939) |
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| willy doorn-van der houwen Dutch politician, NL (b. 1950) |
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| pieter van der houwen GB (b. 1959) |
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| lisette van der houwen researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1660-9665) |
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| suzanne houwen researcher |
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| jeroen p a houwen researcher |
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| tim van der houwen researcher |
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| eduard b van der houwen researcher |
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