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Scharrer Name Meaning

from an agent derivative of Middle High German scharren ‘to scrape or scratch’; an occupational name for a wool carder, or a nickname for a miser. habitational name for someone from any of various places, such as Scharr in Switzerland, Bavaria, and the Upper Palatinate, or Scharre in Saxony, named with Old High German scara ‘wooded area’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Scherzer, Schaefer, Schaller, Schirmer, Scheurer, Scherer, Schaffer

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Scharrer Family Origin

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Scharrer Family Occupations

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  • Bank Clerk

    100%

In 1881, the most common Scharrer occupation in the UK was Bank Clerk. 100% of Scharrer's were Bank Clerks.

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Scharrer Historical Records

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Scharrer Life Expectancy

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