Laster (surname)

Laster
Origin
Language(s)English
Meaningmaker of cobblers’ lasts, shoemaker, cobbler
Region of originUnited States
Other names
Variant form(s)Last[1]
See alsoLeist, Shoemaker, Schumaker, Schumacher, Chaucer, Zapatero, Calzolari, Cordonnier
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Laster is an English language occupational surname[3][4] for a shoemaker and may refer to:

  1. ^ "Last Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05. English (East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a cobbler, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cobblers' lasts (see Laster).
  2. ^ "Laster Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05. variant of Lester. occupational name for a maker of cobblers' lasts, from Middle English last, lest, the wooden form in the shape of a foot used for making or repairing shoes (Old English l?ste from last 'footprint').
  3. ^ "Laster Surname Distribution". forebears.io. Retrieved 2018-10-05. Approximately 10,913 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: United States. A correspondent suggests that this refers to the trade of a cobbler – the last (crepida) being a not uncommon sign.
  4. ^ "Statistics and meaning of name Brenneis". namespedia.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05. Surname Laster is used at least 7040 times in at least 18 countries.