Kerckhoff


Kerckhoff or Kerckhoffs is a Dutch and Low German toponymic surname meaning "church yard". An ancestor may have lived near or worked in the church yard, or have come from a number of villages and hamlets named Kerkhove or Kerkhoven. Variant forms of the surname are Kerkhof, Kerkhoff, Kerkhove, and Van Kerkhof. Notable people with the surname include: