Popularity of the last name by country

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Origine of last name

BARBER : 1: English: occupational name for a barber from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber Old French barbier from Late Latin barbarius a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.2: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).3: Catalan: occupational name for a barber barber (see 1 above).4: Slovenian and Croatian; Hungarian (Barbér): occupational name for a barber of German origin (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbier">Barbier</a> compare 1 above and 2 above).5: Americanized form of any of numerous cognates of 1 above in different languages for example Spanish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbero">Barbero</a> Portuguese Barbeiro French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbier">Barbier</a> Italian <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbieri">Barbieri</a>.6: Altered form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbeau">Barbeau</a>.

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