Van Wijk is a Dutch toponymic surname. "Wijk" may refer to Wijk bij Duurstede or a number of other towns, including Wijk near Leusden, Beverwijk, Rijswijk, Waalwijk, and Wijk aan Zee. 12,750 people in the Netherlands carried the name in 2007.[1] Alternative forms are van Wijck, van der Wijk, van Wyk (the common Afrikaans form), and van Wyck (mostly in the United States). Notable people with the surname include:
- Van Wijk
- Dennis van Wijk (born 1962), Dutch footballer and manager
- Jack van Wijk (born 1959), Dutch computer scientist
- Jan van Wijk (born 1962), Dutch racing cyclist
- Joop van Wijk (1950–2022), Dutch film director
- Kevin van Wijk (born 1989), Dutch basketball player
- L. M. van Wijk (born 1946), Dutch businessman
- Michael Van Wijk (born 1952), English bodybuilder, actor and television presenter
- Nicolaas van Wijk (1880–1941), Dutch linguist
- Remco van Wijk (born 1972), Dutch field hockey player
- Uco van Wijk (1924–1966), Dutch astronomer and educator
- Van Wijck
- Frieda Van Wijck (born 1950), Flemish radio and television presenter
- Jaak van Wijck (1870–1946), Dutch painter
- Van Asch van Wijck
- C. C. van Asch van Wijck (1900–1932), Dutch artist and sculptor
- Titus van Asch van Wijck (1849–1902), Dutch governor of Suriname, after whom the Van Asch Van Wijck Mountains were named
- Van der Wijck
- Aart van der Wijck (1840–1914), Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Johan Cornelis van der Wijck (1848–1919), Dutch military leader and governor of Aceh
- ^ Wijk, van at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch surnames.