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Shevchuk
Shevchuk, Shewchuk, Schewtschuk, Ševčuk, Sevcuk, Szewczuk, or Chevtchouk () is a widespread Ukrainian surname. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets (), "cobbler/shoemaker", and the suffix -uk, denoting descent. It is also related to Shevchyk (), a less common Ukrainian surname. The Polish version of the surname is "Szewczuk" and is used by Poles, which is also related to the Polish surname "Szewczyk".
Mercer
family name
Scholte
Scholte is a surname of Dutch origin. It generally has an occupational root, where the forebear was a '"scholte" = schout, but can also be patronymic, as Scholte once was used as a given name. People with this surname include:
Melnychuk
Melnychuk is Ukrainian surname and a patronymic derivative of Melnyk. Alternative spellings: via Russian: Melnichuk, via Polish: Melniczuk/Melnyczuk. Notable people with the surname include:
Le Goff
family name
Poulter
A poulter is a person who looks after, sells or prepares poultry.
Hammerschmidt
Hammerschmidt (from "smith of hammers") is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mandal
family name
Koller
Koller or Köller is a Germanic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rokeach
Rokeach or Rokach (Hebrew for "apothecary", "perfume", "perfumer" or "pharmacist") is the surname of:
Merchant
family name
Ratassepp
Ratassepp is an Estonian occupational surname: the word "ratassepp" literally means "wheelwright". Notable people with the surname include:
Boucher
family name
Beckers
Beckers is an occupational surname, especially common in both Dutch and Belgian Limburg and the neighboring part of Germany. It is equivalent to the English Baker, Dutch Bakker and Backer, and German Becker.
Pastorelli
Pastorelli is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Krug
family name
McPherson
McPherson is a Scottish surname. It is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Mac a' Phearsain and Mac a Phearsoin'', meaning "son of the parson". Notable people with the surname include:
Napier
family name
Thacker
Thacker may refer to:
Ring
family name
Milner
family name
Tishler
Tishler is a German-language occupational surname. It means cabinetmaker or joiner in German and Yiddish and is found among both Germans and Ashkenazi Jews. A variant of Tischler, and Carpenter. Notable people with the surname include:
Jager
Jager is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "hunter". People with this surname include:
Honcharuk
Honcharuk or Goncharuk () is a Ukrainian surname. It is derived from the Ukrainian word honchar (), "potter", and the suffix -uk, denoting descent. It is also related to Honcharyk (), a less common Ukrainian surname.
Krejčí
Krejčí (feminine: Krejčová or Krejčí) is a Czech surname. In modern Czech, it means 'tailor', but originally it was a designation for a cloth merchant (from krájet = 'to cut' [cloth]). Notable people with the surname include:
Barber
family name
Ciesielski
Ciesielski (; feminine: Ciesielska) is a Polish-language surname derived from any of locations named Cieśle and possibly from the nickname or surname Cieśla (literally "carpenter"). Notable people with this surname include: (Andrzej Ciesielski (second half of the 16th century), Polish-Lithuanian political writer, economist and noble politician Jerzy Ciesielski (1929–1970), Polish Roman Catholic figure Krzysztof Ciesielski, Polish road cyclist Maria Ciesielska, Polish medical historian Maria Ciesielska (actress) (born 1934), Polish actress Sævar Ciesielski, Icelander convicted in the Guðmund
Brewster
family name
Sattler
Sattler (German (also Sättler): occupational name for a saddler) may refer to:
Khayat
Khayat, Khayyat is an Arabic-language occupational surname, literally meaning "tailor". Notable people with the surname include:
Vizitiu
Vizitiu, meaning "charioteer", is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Myller
Myller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Voigt
Voigt is a German surname (mainly written Vogt, also Voight), or a Dutch surname (mainly written Voogt), and may refer to:
Metzner
Metzner is a German surname, which may have formed from the German word metze, a small dry-measure for grain, or metzjen, the occupational name for a butcher. It is also a habitational name that stems Metz from Lorraine, typically a Jewish name, and from Metzen in Lower Bavaria. The origin of the surname has led to various other related spellings.
Kovalevich
Kovalevich is a Slavic surname used in Russian and Ukrainian (spelled Ковалевич, Kovalevich), Belarusian (spelled Кавалевіч, Kavalevich), and Polish (spelled Kowalewicz) cultures.
Oleynik
Oleynik, also Oleinik () is a Russian-language occupational surname: the word (archaic in Russian, variously spelled in other Slavic languages) means vegetable oil, and 'oleynik' is a person who manufactures or sells oil. Notable people with the surname include: Aleksandr Oleinik, Russian footballer Aleksei Oleinik (born 1977), Russian mixed martial artist and combat sambo fighter Alexander Oleinik (kickboxer), Ukrainian kickboxer Anatoly Oleynik, Russian professor of chemistry Larisa Oleynik (born 1981), American actress Olga Arsenievna Oleinik (1925–2001), Soviet mathematician Frank Oleynic
Fokker
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Clarkson
family name
Zaremba
Zaremba is a surname of Polish-language origin. Eventually derived from the verb zarąbać ("to chop"), it may be an occupational surname for a woodcutter or a habitational name from places such as Zaręby. The Polish word zaremba means the 'area cleaned of vegetation'. Archaic feminine forms (now used only colloquially): Zarembina (after the husband) and Zarembianka (after the father). Notable people with the name include:
Katona
Katona is a Hungarian surname meaning "soldier".
Schipper
Schipper is a Dutch occupational surname meaning skipper. People with this surname include:
Driver
family name
Farmer
family name
Potter
family name
Iremonger
Iremonger is an English surname, relating to an ironmonger, that may refer to: Albert Iremonger (1884–1958), brother of James, county-class cricketer and goalkeeper for Nottinghamshire Edmund Iremonger, British politician Harold Iremonger (1882–1937), Royal Marine officer and acting Governor of Saint Helena James Iremonger (1876–1956), Nottinghamshire cricketer and England soccer international Thomas Iremonger (1916–1998), British Conservative Party politician Valentin Iremonger (1918–1991), Irish diplomat and poet William Iremonger (1776–1852), ninet
Ferreira
family name
Skujenieks
Skujenieks, feminine: Skujeniece is a Latvian surname literally meaning "shoemaker". Notable people with the surname include:
Kucharczyk
Kucharczyk is a Polish surname, derived from the occupation of kucharz, i.e., cook. It may refer to:
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Cuoco () is a surname derived from the Italian word that means "cook".
Maklakov
Maklakov () is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Maklakova. It is derived from the Russian word maklak (маклак), petty broker. It may refer to Aleksei Maklakov (born 1962), actor and singer Nikolay Maklakov (1871-1918), politician, younger brother of Vasily Maklakov (1869–1957), trial lawyer
Glöckner
Glöckner, Glockner is a German surname, which means 'bell-ringer'. Notable people with the surname include:
Saulnier
Saulnier () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cyril Saulnier, French tennis player Jeremy Saulnier, American film director Jill Saulnier, Canadian ice hockey player Jules Saulnier, French architect Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician Raymond Saulnier (aircraft manufacturer), joint founder of the Morane-Saulnier aircraft company Raymond J. Saulnier, American economist Steve Saulnier, American football player and coach Tania Saulnier, Canadian actress
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Fazekas
Fazekas is a Hungarian language surname meaning potter. Notable people with the surname include:
Zimerman
Zimerman is a variant spelling of the surname "Zimmermann". Notable people with the surname include:
Kerekes
Kerekes is a Hungarian-language surname (from Hungary): metonymic occupational name for a wheelwright, from kerék 'wheel' a derivative of kerek 'round'. It may be phonetically transcribed into other languages as "Kerekeš", "Kerekesh", "Chiricheș", "Kerkeshi" or "קרקש". Or the name originated for people who lived on top of the hill or mountain.
Zettel
Zettel may refer to:
Habermann
Habermann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: