Popularity of the last name by country

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Origine of last name

BARKER : 1: English: occupational name for a tanner of leather from Middle English barkere ‘tanner’ tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.2: English: occupational name for a shepherd from Middle English berker bercher (Old French berchier bercher berkier berker Late Latin berbicarius from berbex ‘ram’ genitive berbicis). With the change of -ar- to -er- in Middle English this became indistinguishable from the preceding name (see 1 above).3: Americanized form of German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Berger">Berger</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barger">Barger</a>.

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