[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category? Maybe give some free advice about: What does it mean?? Pittguy answered Sunday March 23 2014, 9:33 am: The nature of last names can be quite interesting. In many cases, they come from the type of job your ancestors used to do for a living. For example, "Smith" often has its roots in a person who was a blacksmith. The last name of "Carpenter" frequently relates to someone whose relates many have been wood workers. Of course, this isn’t always the case but it should give you a good idea.
Now, in the event that you last name really has little or nothing to do with a profession, there are some other ways to find out the origin and what it may mean.
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