Sutphin
Sutphin (also spelled Sutphen) is named after the town of Zutphen in the Netherlands. It is a surname which occurs in the United States: Sutphin or Van Sutphen. It is an Americanized form of the Dutch surname Zutphen or van Zutphen, from the place-name Zutphen (used for residents),[1] meaning "south fen".
People
- Dudley Sutphin (1875–1926), an American lawyer and tennis player
- William H. Sutphin (1887–1970), an American politician
- Beverly Sutphin, character in John Waters' 1994 film Serial Mom
Places
- Sutphin Boulevard, a street in Queens, New York City, with several rail stations of this name.
There are several villages in the USA with the place name Zutphen, named after the Dutch town: near Grand Rapids in Michigan, in Kansas and North Carolina.
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