Tabak Family History
Tabak Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Polish; Slovak (also Tabák): metonymic occupational name for a tobacco merchant from German Tabak Polish dialect and Slovak tabak (all ultimately from Spanish tabaco a word of Caribbean origin). Tobacco was introduced to Europe in the 16th century. Dutch: occupational name for a butcher or hog breeder from Middle Dutch tucbake from tucken ‘to pull to push to strike’ + bake ‘hog’. Turkish Bosniak and Croatian: occupational name for a tanner from Turkish tabak which is also a loanword in Bosnian and Croatian. Compare Toback .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022