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Last Name Meaning

English (East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a cobbler, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cobblers’ lasts (see Laster). German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a porter, from Middle High German last; German Last or Yiddish last ‘burden’, ‘load’. Dutch: metonymic occupational name as in 2, from Middle Dutch last ‘load’, ‘burden’; or a nickname for an awkward character, from Dutch last ‘trouble’, ‘nuisance’. French: habitational name from a place so named in Puy-de-Dôme.

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


Similar surnames: Ast, Mast, List, Lust, Gast, Bast, Hast, Nast, Rast, Latt

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Last Family Origin

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Last Family Occupations

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  • Farmer

    35%

  • Cultivateur

    26%

  • Farmer'S Son

    9%

  • Farmer Son

    4%

In 1881, a less common occupation for the Last family was Farmer Son. The most common Last occupation in Canada was Farmer. 35% of Last's were Farmers. Farmer, Cultivateur and Farmer'S Son were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Last.

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Last Life Expectancy

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United States

Between 1955 and 2004, Last life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 2001. The average life expectancy for Last in 1955 was 54, and 81 in 2004.

Source: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Last

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