van der Ploeg is a Dutch surname meaning "from the plow". It can be a metonymic occupational surname, originally referring to a farmer or a bookbinder (a book binding cutter is known as a (snij)ploeg).Ploeg, van der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Alternatively, it may be a toponymic surname, e.g., referring to a house with the sign of a plow. Notable people with the surname include:
Johannes P. M. van der Ploeg (1909–2004), Dutch linguist and Old Testament scholar José van der Ploeg (born 1958), Spanish sailor Neil Van der Ploeg (born 1987), Australian cyclist Paul van der Ploeg (born 1989), Australian mountain biker Rick van der Ploeg (born 1956), Dutch economist
See also Evert Ploeg (born 1963), Australian portrait painter Heidi Ploeg (born 1965), Canadian biomechanical engineer De Ploeg, an artist collective from the city of Groningen
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fr:Van der Ploeg