Last name: CARRIER

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All you have to know about the last name CARRIER

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CARRIER : This last name is indexed 313,352 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

CARRIER : 1: English and southern French: from Middle English Old French car(r)ier (from Late Latin carrarius a derivative of carrum ‘cart wagon’ a word of Gaulish origin) an occupational name for a carter (see Carter) in French also for a cartwright. Compare French Charrier.2: French: occupational name for a stonemason or quarryman carrier. Compare Coyer.

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