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Occupational Surnames
Common surnames whose original meanings were occupations:
* Ackerman: plowman (did he play quarterback for the Cowboys)
* Barker: leather tanner (I thought he was the price is right guy)
* Baxter: baker (Why would you make a new name up that longer?)
* Brewster: brewer (Same as above)
* Carter: wagon driver (Former president right?)
* Chandler: candle maker (Wasn't he the guy in Caddy shack 2)
* Clark: clerk (Superman)
* Cohen: priest (body part right?)
* Collier: coal miner (Sounds more like someone that eats veggies)
* Conner: inspector (I guess the name fits)
* Cooper: barrel maker (And I wonder where that tire name came from)
* Currier: curer of hides (I thought they delivered mail)
* Dyker: stonemason (Never mind, but guess what i was thinking)
* Faber: artisan (Isn't that what people always ask for)
* Ferrier: blacksmith ( I knew this one)
* Fletcher: arrow maker (Sound more like the guy that catches arrows)
* Fowler: bird hunter (Someone that leaves the refrigerator door open)
* Fuller: cleaner of cloth goods (Maybe dry cleaner?)
* Granger: farmer (Again why would you make it longer)
* Hacker: woodcutter (Also a hair dresser)
* Harper: minstrel (Could also be used to describe spouse)
* Hayward: fence inspector (There really is such a job?)
* Hooper: maker of barrel hoops (Wasn't this the stunt guy)
* Kaufman: merchant (Cough medicine maker)
* Keeler: bargeman (Blow boater too)
* Lederer: leather maker (Doesn't the animal make the leather?)
* Marshall: horse doctor (Also Starred in gunsmoke with Festus)
* Pitman: coal miner (Sound more like a cherry thing)
* Sawyer: sawer of timber into boards (Work on the river with Huck finn)
* Tinker: traveling salesman (Sells Peterpan peanut butter)
* Tucker: cleaner of cloth goods (Didn't we have this one already?)
* Webster: weaver (And makes dictionarys)
* Wainwright: wagon maker (Radio flyers no less)
* Wechsler: moneychanger (Sound alot like something else to do with not getting money back)
Common surnames whose original meanings were occupations:
* Ackerman: plowman (did he play quarterback for the Cowboys)
* Barker: leather tanner (I thought he was the price is right guy)
* Baxter: baker (Why would you make a new name up that longer?)
* Brewster: brewer (Same as above)
* Carter: wagon driver (Former president right?)
* Chandler: candle maker (Wasn't he the guy in Caddy shack 2)
* Clark: clerk (Superman)
* Cohen: priest (body part right?)
* Collier: coal miner (Sounds more like someone that eats veggies)
* Conner: inspector (I guess the name fits)
* Cooper: barrel maker (And I wonder where that tire name came from)
* Currier: curer of hides (I thought they delivered mail)
* Dyker: stonemason (Never mind, but guess what i was thinking)
* Faber: artisan (Isn't that what people always ask for)
* Ferrier: blacksmith ( I knew this one)
* Fletcher: arrow maker (Sound more like the guy that catches arrows)
* Fowler: bird hunter (Someone that leaves the refrigerator door open)
* Fuller: cleaner of cloth goods (Maybe dry cleaner?)
* Granger: farmer (Again why would you make it longer)
* Hacker: woodcutter (Also a hair dresser)
* Harper: minstrel (Could also be used to describe spouse)
* Hayward: fence inspector (There really is such a job?)
* Hooper: maker of barrel hoops (Wasn't this the stunt guy)
* Kaufman: merchant (Cough medicine maker)
* Keeler: bargeman (Blow boater too)
* Lederer: leather maker (Doesn't the animal make the leather?)
* Marshall: horse doctor (Also Starred in gunsmoke with Festus)
* Pitman: coal miner (Sound more like a cherry thing)
* Sawyer: sawer of timber into boards (Work on the river with Huck finn)
* Tinker: traveling salesman (Sells Peterpan peanut butter)
* Tucker: cleaner of cloth goods (Didn't we have this one already?)
* Webster: weaver (And makes dictionarys)
* Wainwright: wagon maker (Radio flyers no less)
* Wechsler: moneychanger (Sound alot like something else to do with not getting money back)