Family name Zijlstra (Zijlstra 
) , throughout the world, is quite a common surname. The last name Zijlstra is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Netherlands, where it is quite a common surname, Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare surname, and Belgium, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Netherlands, Argentina, and Germany.
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| Zijlstra | Germany, Netherlands, United States, Belgium, Argentina |
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albertus zijlstra Dutch politician (1874-1964), NL (b. 1874) |
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| pieter zijlstra NL (b. 1825) |
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jelle zijlstra 42nd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1918-2001), NL (b. 1918) |
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| doeke hendriks zijlstra NL (b. 1861) |
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rinse zijlstra Dutch politician and economist (1927-2017), NL (b. 1927) |
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kees zijlstra Dutch politician (1931-2013), NL (b. 1931) |
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| bouwe zijlstra Dutch Righteous Among the Nations, NL (b. 1887) |
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ruud zijlstra Dutch baseball player, NL (b. 1940) |
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martin zijlstra Dutch and politician (1944-2014), NL (b. 1944) |
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| minke zijlstra Dutch Righteous Among the Nations, NL (b. 1894) |
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| ijzaak zijlstra (b. 1887) |
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| hendrikje zijlstra (b. 1889) |
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| anthony adama zijlstra (1902-1982), NL (b. 1902) |
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| hantje zijlstra NL (b. 1893) |
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jeroen zijlstra Dutch singer and composer, NL (b. 1958) |
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