Verweij or Verwey is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a contraction of "van der Weij" (modern Dutch: van de weide), meaning "from the meadow".Verweij at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:
Verweij Ben Verweij (1895–1951), Dutch footballer Bull Verweij (1909–2010), Dutch businessman Geoffrey Verweij (born 1982), Dutch footballer Johan Verweij (born 1950s), New Zealand footballer Koen Verweij (born 1990), Dutch speed skater (born 1964), Dutch classical scholar and historian Verwey Albert Verwey (1865–1937), Dutch poet Alvaro Verwey (born 1999), Surinamese football forward Bobby Verwey (born 1941), South African golfer Evert Verwey (1905–1981), Dutch physical chemist John Verwey (born 1957), Canadian darts player Kees Verwey (1900–1995), Dutch painter Roland Verwey (born 1981), German ice hockey player Tobias Verwey (born 1981), Namibian cricketer
See also Verwey transition, a mineral phase transition named after Evert Verwey Deryagin-Landau and Verwey-Overbeck theory, a colloidal chemistry theory named for Evert Verwey Jordaan v Verwey, a South African contract case law
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