Last name: PACKER

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All you have to know about the last name PACKER

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PACKER : This last name is indexed 65,802 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

PACKER : 1: English: probably an occupational name for a wool packer from an agent noun derivative of Middle English pakken ‘to pack’.2: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent noun derivative of Middle Low German pak German Pack ‘package’ hence an occupational name for a wholesale trader especially in the wool trade one who sold goods in large packages rather than broken down into smaller quantities or alternatively one who rode or drove pack animals to transport goods.

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