This is a list of surnames in which the categories include agriculture.
AchthovenDutch Denoted a person from various towns in the Netherlands called Achthoven, which is derived from Dutch acht "eight" and hoven "farmsteads".
AckermanEnglish Means "ploughman", derived from Middle English aker "field" and man.
AlmássyHungarian Means "from the apple orchard", derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple".
BachmeierGerman Originally referred to a farmer whose farm was beside a stream, from Middle High German bach "stream" and meier "steward, tenant farmer".
BarnesEnglish Denoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word barn is derived from Old English bere "barley" and ærn "dwelling".
BauerGerman From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".
BaumannGerman, Jewish From Middle High German bumann meaning "farmer, builder".
BaumgartnerGerman Occupational name for a person who worked or lived at an orchard, from German Baumgarten"orchard" (derived from Baum "tree" and Garten "garden").
BeethovenDutch (Archaic) From a place name derived from Dutch beet "beet, beetroot" and hoven "farms". This name was borne by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), whose family was of Flemish origin. The surname is now mostly extinct.
Berger 1French Occupational name meaning "shepherd", from Old French bergier.
BeyersdorfGerman Means "farmers village", from German Bauer meaning "farmer" and Dorf meaning "village".
BohnGerman Occupational name for a bean grower, derived from Middle High German bone"bean".
BondEnglish Occupational name for a peasant farmer, from Middle English bonde. A famous bearer is the fictional spy James Bond, created by Ian Flemming in 1953.
BouvierFrench Means "cowherd" in French, from Latin boviarus, a derivative of bos "cow".
BrabandGerman Derived from the name of the region of Brabant in the Netherlands and Belgium. It possibly means "ploughed region" or "marshy region" in Old High German.
BrinkerhoffGerman From a German place name meaning "farm near a slope".
Buckley 2Irish From Irish Ó Buachalla meaning "descendant of Buachaill", a nickname meaning "cowherd, servant".
ChalupníkmCzech Derived from Czech chalupa meaning "cottage". The name referred to a peasant farmer who owned a very small piece of land.
ChevroletFrench From a diminutive of chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.
ChmelamCzech Derived from Czech chmel"hops", referring to a person who grew hops, a plant used in brewing beer.
CotterillEnglish Derived from Middle English cotter meaning "cottager", referring to a small tenant farmer.
CropperEnglish Occupational name derived from Middle English croppe"crop", referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.
CurieFrench Occupational name for a farm hand, from Old French éscuerie"stable". Famous bearers were the married scientists Marie (1867-1934) and Pierre Curie (1859-1906), who studied radioactivity.
DreschnerGerman Derived from Middle High German dreschen"to thresh". A thresher was a person who separated the grains from a cereal plant by beating it.
EggerGerman South German occupational name meaning "plowman" or "farmer", derived from German eggen "to harrow, to plow".
FarmerEnglish Occupational name for a tax collector, from Middle English ferme"rent, revenue, provision", from medieval Latin firma, ultimately from Old English feorm. This word did not acquire its modern meaning until the 17th century.
FashingbauerGerman From Fasching, a German carnival (Fastnacht meaning "eve of the beginning of the fast", or the time before Lent) celebrated in Austria and Bavaria, and bauer meaning "farmer".
FattoreItalian Means "land agent, bailiff, steward, farmer" in Italian.
FaucherFrench Occupational name meaning "mower" in French, ultimately from Latin falx meaning "sickle, scythe".
GagneuxFrench Derived from Old French gagnier meaning "to farm, to cultivate".
Garner 1English From Old French gernier meaning "granary", a derivative of Latin granum meaning "grain". This name could refer to a person who worked at a granary or lived near one.
GeisslerGerman Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.
GerstGerman Occupational name for a barley farmer, derived from Old High German gersta"barley".
GulyásHungarian Means "herdsman, tender of cows" in Hungarian.
HaberGerman, Jewish Occupational name for one who grew or sold oats, derived from Old High German habaro"oat". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
HoffmannGerman From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".
HoggardEnglish Occupational name meaning "pig herder", from Old English hogg "hog" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
Howard 2English Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
JughashviliGeorgian (Rare) Meaning uncertain. One theory suggests Ossetian roots with the meaning "son of the herder", derived from Ossetian дзуг (dzug) meaning "herd, flock, troop". Alternately, it could be derived from the name of the village of ჯუღაანი (Jughaani) in eastern Georgia. The most notable bearer was Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), born Ioseb Jughashvili, a leader of the Soviet Union.
KernerGerman Derived from Old High German kerno"seed", an occupational name for one who sold or planted seeds.
MathersEnglish Occupational name meaning "mower, cutter of hay" in Old English.
MedeirosPortuguese From various Portuguese place names that were derived from Portuguese medeiro meaning "haystack", ultimately from Latin meta meaning "cone, pyramid".
MondadoriItalian From Italian mondatore meaning "weeder". This was an occupational name for someone who kept fields clear of weeds.
NovosadmCzech From place names meaning "new orchard" in Czech.
Penn 2English Occupational name for a person who kept penned animals, from Old English penn.
PoundEnglish Occupational name for a person who kept animals, from Old English pund"animal enclosure".
RoggeveenDutch Means "rye field" in Dutch. A famous bearer was Jacob Roggeveen (1659-1729), the first European explorer to Easter Island.
RothbauerGerman From Old High German riuten "to clear land" and bur "peasant, farmer".
RyeEnglish Topographic name. It could be a misdivision of the Middle English phrases atter ye meaning "at the island" or atter eye meaning "at the river". In some cases it merely indicated a person who lived where rye was grown or worked with rye (from Old English ryge).
SadowskimPolish Denoted someone who lived in Sadowo, Sadowice or other places beginning with Polish sad "garden, orchard".
SchäferGerman From Old High German scaphare meaning "shepherd".
Seward 2English Means "swineherd" from Old English su "sow, female pig" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
ShepherdEnglish Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.
SparacelloItalian From Sicilian sparaciu meaning "asparagus", an occupational name for an asparagus seller or grower.
StricklandEnglish From the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from Old English stirc "calf, young bullock" and land "cultivated land".
TaskerEnglish From Middle English taske meaning "task, assignment". A tasker was a person who had a fixed job to do, particularly a person who threshed grain with a flail.
TiraboschiItalian Possibly of Lombardic origin meaning "shepherd" (from Old German tior "animal" and bursa "boy"). This surname is typical of Lombardy.
VaccaroItalian Occupational name meaning "cowherd" in Italian.
Van BokhovenDutch Means "from Bokhoven", a small town in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It means "goat yards" in Dutch.
Van der AartDutch Means "from the earth", derived from Dutch aarde "earth". It perhaps referred to either an earth bank or to a farmer.
VerhoevenDutch Means "from the farm" in Dutch, derived from hoeve "farm", and so indicated a person who lived on a farm.
VinogradovmRussian Means "vineyard" in Russian (ultimately from German), referring to a person who worked at a vineyard or lived near one.
YoxallEnglish Originally indicated a person from the town of Yoxall in Staffordshire, itself derived from Old English geoc "oxen yoke" and halh "nook, recess".
ZappaItalian From Italian zappa meaning "hoe, mattock", probably denoting a farmer. Two musicians of Italian origin have bore this name: Francesco Zappa (1717-1803) and Frank Zappa (1940-1993).