Frequency: (110)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German: metonymic occupational name for a paper maker or merchant, from German Papier ‘paper’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 5%; German 4%. Mayer, Yechiel; Wolfgang.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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