SOUTAR

Origin and etymology In historic texts In the 1881 census Distribution map

As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SOUTER. SOUTAR. A-Sax. sniere, from Lat. sutor. A shoemaker. Still in use in Scotland.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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