Last name: FLETCHER
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FLETCHER : This last name is indexed 619,876 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
FLETCHER : English: occupational name for an arrowsmith from Middle English fleccher Old French flechier flecher ‘fletcher’ for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher.
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