'''Oomen''' is a Dutch-language surname, derived from the word ''oom'', meaning uncle. An alternative origin may be the given name "Omaar".<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=oomen&gba_naam=Oomen&nfd_naam=Oomen&operator=bw&taal= Oomen] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands</ref> People with this surname include:
*Erica Oomen (born 1950s), Dutch track racing cyclist *Ria Oomen-Ruijten (born 1950), Dutch CDA politician and MEP *Sam Oomen (born 1995), Dutch road racing cyclist *Wilhelm Josef Oomens (1918–2008), Dutch Jesuit and painter
==See also== *Zentveld & Oomen, Dutch dance production team *Ooms, surname of the same origin
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