Pieterse

Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname.

Origins

The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Barend Pieterse (born 1979), South African rugby union player
• Cosmo Pieterse (born 1930), South African playwright, actor, poet, literary critic and anthologist
• Erasmus Pieterse (born 1992), South African field hockey player
• Ernie Pieterse (born 1938), South African racing driver
• Happy Pieterse (1942–2013), South African boxer
• Jan Pieterse (born 1942), Dutch cyclist
• Jan Nederveen Pieterse (born 1946), Dutch sociologist
• Liberius Pieterse, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest
• Reyaad Pieterse (born 1992), South African footballer
• Sasha Pieterse (born 1996), South African actress and singer