When considering this surname there are a couple things of which to be aware.

For the van Beuren families in the United States

spellings are often interchangeable:

If you see van Beuren and Van Buren, such people might be closely related; but they may not.

In general: • Van Burens originally emigrated to Albany while

• van Beurens did so to New York City later on, circa 1700

1. There are other spellings too, such as Van Buuren
   

Origins of the name

The Town of Buren in Gelderland, an ancient settlement that has remained, in the 21st century, quite small.

For American van Beuren researchers

~• The central project looking back across the Atlantic to the 17th century and earlier is:
Gelderland Immigrants to the American Colonies. Here the surnames are all brought together and other significant surnames are also listed.

Variant spellings require looking at other pages

• see < Van Buren >