Huguenot surnames which exist in South Africa

HUGUENOT SURNAMES WHICH SURVIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA


De Villiers	Du Preez	Fouché	Malan	Viljoen

Coat-of-arms of some Huguenot surnames which are found in South Africa today.

Name list of male Huguenots who settled at the Cape of Good Hope, and of whose surname is still continued in South Africa:

A number of Huguenot surnames did not survive in South Africa; these include surnames such as Amiel, Aubanelle, Belusé, De Péronne, De Savoye, Dumont, Mouy, Potier, Prévost, Verdeau, etc. The list below gives well known Huguenot surnames which exist to this day, often with a spelling different to that of the original.

Code: original surname is printed in bold; alternative spelling(s) given in (brackets); most commonly used present spelling(s) underlined; x means first marriage; xx means second marriage.

        François Bastiaans (Bastiaanse); x Anna Maria de Leeuw
        Jacques Bisseux (Bisseau), x Marie le Fèvre, xx Isabeaux Pochox
        Jean Blignault (Blignaut, Blignout), x Anne Rousseau
        Estienne Bruére (Bruwer), x Ester de(s) Ruelles; xx Suzanne du Puis
        Josue Cellier (Celliers, Cillié, Cilliers, Sellier), x Isabeau Couvret
        Louis Cordier (Cortje), x Francoise Martinet
        Esaye Engelbertus Costeux (Caucheteux), x Elisabeth Clinquermeur
        Pierre Cronier (Crosnier, Cronjé), x Suzanne Taillefert
        Jean de Bus (de Buys, de Buis), x Sara Jacob
        Nicolas de Lanoy (de la Noy, Lanoy), x Marguerite de France
        Jacques Delporte (de la Porte, Delport), x Sara Vitu
        Hercule des Prez (des Près, des Pres, du Pré, du Preez), x Cecilia d’Atis
        Pierre de Villiers, x Maria Elisabeth Taillefert
        Jean Prieur du Plessis, x Madeleine Menanteau, xx Marie Buisset
        Jean Durand, x Anna Vermeulen
        François du Toit, x Susanna Seugnet
        Antoine Faure, x Rachel de Villiers
        Philippe Foucher (Fouché), x Anne Souchay
        Louis Fourié (Fourie), x Suzanne Cordier, xx Anne Jourdan
        André Gauch (Gaucher, Gous, Gouws), x Jacqueline Decré, xx Johanna de Klerk
        Pierre Grange (la Grange, le Grange), x Margaretha Kool
        François Guilliaumé (Gilliomee), x Claudine Eloy
      Daniël Hugot (Hugod, Hugo) x Anne Rousseau
        Pierre Jacob (Jacobs, Jacobse), x Suzanne de Vos
        Pierre Joubert, x Suzanne Reyne, xx Isabeau Richarde
        Jean Jourdan (Jourdanne, Jordaan), x Elisabeth le Long
        Pierre Labuscaigne (Labuschagne, Labuscagne, Labuschaigne)
        Abraham le Clercq (le Clerc, de Clercq, de Klerk), x Magdalena Mouton
        Jean le Long (de Lange), x Maria Coche
        Louis le Riche, x Suzanne Fouché
        Jean le Roux, x Marie de Haas
        François le Sueur, x Johanna Swellengrebel
        Pierre Lombard (Lombaard), x Marie Couteau
        Jacques Malan, x Isabeau (le) Longue
        Gideon Malherbe, x Marie Grillion
        Charles Marais, x Katherine Taboureux
        Ignace Maré, x Susanna van Vuuren
        Jean Meinard (Mesnard, Minnaar), x Louise Courbonne
        Pierre Meyer, x Aletta de Savoye
        Jacques Mouton, x Katherine L’Hermite, xx Marie de Villiers
        Jacques Naudé, x Susanne Taillefert
        Guillaume Néel (Nel), x Jeanne la Batte
        Daniel Nourtier (Nortier, Nortjé), x Marie Vitu
        Jacques Pinard (Pienaar), x Esther Foucher, xx Marthe le Fèbre)
        François Retif (Retief), x Marie Mouy
        Pierre Rousseau (Rossouw, Roussouw, Russaar, Rossar), x Anne Retief, xx Gertruida du Toit
        Paul Roux, x Claudine Seugnet
        David Sénécal (Senechal, Senekal), x Marie Madeleine du Puys
        Isaac Taillefert (Taillefer), x Suzanne Briet
        Estienne Terreblanche (Terreblanque, Terblanche, Terblans), x Marthe le Fèvre
        Jacques Therond (Theron), x Marie-Jeanne des Pres
        François Villion (Viljoen), x Cornelia Campenaar   (Viljoen Family Homepage)
        Abraham Vivier, x Jacquemine du Preez

Note: In some cases more than one person with the same surname arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, in addition to the progenitor mentioned above. Notable examples are the three brothers De Villiers (Pierre, Abraham and Jacques), the two brothers Du Toit (Francois and Guillaume), etc.

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