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2. Farmer (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Although an occupationally derived surname, it was not given to tillers of the soil, but to collectors of taxes and tithes specializing in the collection of funds from agricultural leases. [1] In 2000, there were 68,309 people with the last name Farmer in the United States, making it the 431st most common last name in the nation. [2]

3. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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   For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).

4. Category:English-language occupational surnames - Wikipedia

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   C. Canner (surname) Carder (surname) Carpender; Carpenter (surname) Carter (name) Cartwright (surname) Chalmers (surname) Chamberlain (surname) Chamberlayne (surname)

5. Scandinavian family name etymology - Wikipedia

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   Many farm names and thus surnames derive from just one word describing the most obvious or distinguishing geographical feature of their location (such as "Dal", meaning "valley"), while others again are compounds of several words describing the farm's location or geographical features (such as "Solberg", meaning "sunny mountain/hill").

6. Meyer (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Meyer is an originally German, Dutch and Jewish surname. With its numerous variants (Myer, Meyr, Meier, Meijer, Mayer, Maier, Mayr, Mair, Miers, etc.), it is a common ...

7. Horton (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.

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9. Category:Occupational surnames - Wikipedia

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   C. Caballero (surname) Cabrera (surname) Calderón; Calderone; Calvert (name) Camerarius; Canner (surname) Cârciumaru; Carder (surname) Çarkçı; Carnera; Carnicero