Demerchant Family History
Demerchant Name Meaning
Americanized form (translation into English under the French influence in Canada) of Cuffman itself probably an old Anglicized form of German Kaufmann (compare Coffman ). The name is formed with the English vocabulary word merchant ‘dealer’ (see Merchant ) and the French preposition de ‘of’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022