# Postma

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**Postma** is a [surname](/source/Surname) of [Frisian](/source/Frisians) origin. In 2007 there were 12,395 people in the Netherlands with the surname, most concentrated in the province of [Friesland](/source/Friesland).[1] The form [Postema](/source/Postema) (2,069 people) is more common in the neighboring province of [Groningen](/source/Groningen_(province)). The surname's origin may be in "posthumous" (a child born after the death of his father), occupational (mailman, guard) or toponymic (from an outpost, etc.).[2] People with the name include:

- [Angela Postma](/source/Angela_Postma) (born 1971), Dutch swimmer
- [Anni Friesinger-Postma](/source/Anni_Friesinger-Postma) (born 1977), German speed skater, married to Ids
- [Antoon Postma](/source/Antoon_Postma) (1929–2016), Dutch anthropologist
- [Dirk Postma](/source/Dirk_Postma) (1818–1890), Dutch Reformed minister
- [Dirkje Postma](/source/Dirkje_Postma) (born 1951), Dutch pathophysiologist
- [Elma Postma](/source/Elma_Postma) (born 1978), South African actress and presenter
- [Erik Postma](/source/Erik_Postma) (1953–2002), Dutch mayor
- [Ferdinand Postma](/source/Ferdinand_Postma) (1879–1950), South African academic and writer
- [Gerriet Postma](/source/Gerriet_Postma) (1932–2009), Dutch painter
- [Herman Postma](/source/Herman_Postma) (1933–2004), American scientist and educator
- [Ids Postma](/source/Ids_Postma) (born 1973), Dutch speed skater, married to Anni
- [Jan Postma](/source/Jan_Postma) (1895–1944), Dutch politician
- [Laura Postma](/source/Laura_Postma) (born 1993), German politician
- [Lidia Postma](/source/Lidia_Postma) (born 1952), Dutch writer, artist and illustrator
- [Loek Postma](/source/Loek_Postma) (born 2003), Dutch footballer
- [Marco Postma](/source/Marco_Postma) (born 1983), Dutch ice hockey player
- [Martine Postma](/source/Martine_Postma) (born 1970), Dutch founder of Repair Café
- [Obe Postma](/source/Obe_Postma) (1868–1963), Dutch West-Frisian poet
- [Paul Postma](/source/Paul_Postma) (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Pieter-Jan Postma](/source/Pieter-Jan_Postma) (born 1982), Dutch sailor
- [Stefan Postma](/source/Stefan_Postma) (born 1976), Dutch footballer
- [Tineke Postma](/source/Tineke_Postma) (born 1978), Dutch saxophonist
- [Willy Postma](/source/Willy_Postma) (born 1932), Dutch athlete
- [Wytske Postma](/source/Wytske_Postma) (born 1977), Dutch politician

## References

1. [Postma](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Postma&nfd_naam=Postma&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

1. [Postma name origin](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Postma&nfd_naam=Postma&info=analyse%20en%20verklaring&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

## External links

- [postma.family](https://www.postma.family?utm_source=wikipedia&utm_medium=link&utm_term=postma&utm_content=en) community website dedicated to the [genealogy](/source/Genealogy) of one family tree originating in [Friesland](/source/Friesland)
- [postmahistory.nl](https://www.postmahistory.nl/) personal research website dedicated to the [genealogy](/source/Genealogy) of one family tree originating in [Friesland](/source/Friesland)

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