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Common surnames whose original meanings were occupations:

• Ackerman: plowman
  
  
• Barker: leather tanner
  
  
• Baxter: baker
  
  
• Brewster: brewer
  
  
• Carter: wagon driver
  
  
• Chandler: candle maker
  
  
• Clark: clerk
  
  
• Cohen: priest
  
  
• Collier: coal miner
  
  
• Conner: inspector
  
  
• Cooper: barrel maker
  
  
• Currier: curer of hides
  
  
• Dyker: stonemason
  
  
• Faber: artisan
  
  
• Ferrier: blacksmith
  
  
• Fletcher: arrow maker
  
  
• Fowler: bird hunter
  
  
• Fuller: cleaner of cloth goods
  
  
• Granger: farmer
  
  
• Hacker: woodcutter
  
  
• Harper: minstrel
  
  
• Hayward: fence inspector
  
  
• Hooper: maker of barrel hoops
  
  
• Kaufman: merchant
  
  
• Keeler: bargeman
  
  
• Lederer: leather maker
  
  
• Marshall: horse doctor
  
  
• Mercer: cloth merchant
  
  
• Pitman: coal miner
  
  
• Sawyer: sawer of timber into boards
  
  
• Schneider: tailor
  
  
• Tinker: traveling saleman
  
  
• Travers: collector of bridge tolls
  
  
• Tucker: cleaner of cloth goods
  
  
• Webster: weaver
  
  
• Wainwright: wagon maker
  
  
• Wechsler: moneychanger