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Frequency: (108)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a distiller, a Yiddishized form of Ukrainian palyar ‘distiller’.
2. English: variant of Paylor.
GIVEN NAMES: French 9%; Jewish 7%. Simcha, Yitzchok.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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