Broekhuizen is a Dutch toponymic surname referring to any of a number of places in the Low Countries named Broekhuizen or Broekhuysen. Among variant forms are Broeckhuys, Broekhuis, Broekhuijse and Broekhuijsen.Broekhuizen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this name include:
Henk Broekhuis, pseudonym of Karel van het Reve (1921–1999), Dutch writer, translator and literary historian Jan Broekhuijse (1929–2020), Dutch anthropologist Joan van Broekhuizen (1649–1707), Dutch classical scholar and poet Joe Broekhuizen (born 1991), American soccer player Nico Broekhuysen (1876–1958), Dutch teacher, inventor of korfball Wilfried Brookhuis (born 1961), Dutch football goalkeeper
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