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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]
Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђевић, pronounced [d͡ʑɔ̝̌ːrd͡ʑe̞vit͡ɕ]; also transliterated Djordjevic) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name Đorđe ("George", from Ancient Greek Georgios meaning "farmer"). It is predominantly worn by ethnic Serbs, an Eastern Orthodox Christian people.
Hübner is a Germanic surname, sometimes spelled Huebner or Hubner. The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measurement of a "hide", about 120 acres. The appearance of this surname is attributed to medieval feudal Germany. [1]
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Huber is a German-language surname.It derives from the German word Hube meaning hide, a unit of land a farmer might possess, granting them the status of a free tenant.It is in the top ten most common surnames in the German-speaking world, especially in Austria and Switzerland where it is the surname of approximately 0.3% of the population.
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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'.