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Original Pronunciation: Originally Van Schoonhoven'. The Schoonover surname was originally pronounced as Sh' own' hohver, but was Americanized to Skoon'over early in the 19th century. The earlier pronunciation was based on the Dutch language intonation of 'oo', and 'Sch'. In Dutch 'oo' is pronounced as a hard vowel O, and 'Sch' as Sh. For the correct pronunciation; Google 'Schoonhoven Wiki', and click on the small microphone to the right of the subject word.