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Type Surname (from occupation)

Meaning & History

From Middle Low German and Middle Dutch schacht "shaft; pole, tunnel", a metonymic occupational name for someone who made shafts for tools or weapons, or who worked in a mineshaft.
Added 5/19/2022 by kammini
Edited 10/11/2024 by jocatchi