Last name: BANKER
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BANKER : This last name is indexed 9,680 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BANKER : 1: English: from Middle English banker banc(o)ur bankquer bankert ‘covering of tapestry or other fabric for a bench couch or chair; ornamental hanging’ possibly a nickname or occupational name for someone who made or sold such things.2: English: occupational name possibly from Middle English benker seemingly ‘maker of benches’ but recorded only in names.3: English: perhaps a variant of Bunker.5: Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Polish bankier ‘banker’.4: German (also Bänker): occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle Low German banc ‘bench counter’ (see Bank).
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