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This surname is common all over the Balkans: Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, ..

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The Turkish word semer (samar in some dialects) means "packsaddle" (or just "saddle"):

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http://www.seslisozluk.com/?word=semer&go_seslisozluk_search=+++Ara+++

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Thus, "samarci" means "semer producer", "packsaddle" or just Saddler.