Koot () is a Dutch surname. It originally may have been patronymic or toponymic or have referred the bird (coot, koet in modern Dutch).Koot at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands People with the name include:
Adick Koot (born 1963), Dutch football defender Elly Koot (born 1943), Dutch model, Miss Europe 1964 Hendrik Koot (1898–1941), Dutch collaborator in World War II Heer Koot, character name of Kees van Kooten (born 1941), Dutch comedian and writer Marc Koot (born 1990), Dutch football striker Simone Koot (born 1980), Dutch water polo player Ton Koot (1907–1986), Dutch museum curator and non-fiction writer
See also Aniek van Koot (born 1990), Dutch wheelchair tennis player Koot (disambiguation)
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