The latter Surname

latter Name Meaning and History

English: occupational name for a worker in wood or a nickname for a thin person, from an agent derivative of Middle English latt ‘thin narrow strip of wood’, ‘lath’ (Old English lætt).
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cobbler, tinker, or the like, from an agent derivative of Yiddish laten ‘to patch’, ‘to repair’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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latter Family Facts

Distribution of latter Families in the US in 1920

Number of latter families

16-30

6-15

1-5

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 35 - Messages: 83

Thread	Author	Replies
mary latter kent	shellcat1	0
Henry Latter, Frant Parish, Sussex, England & Ashby family	swresearch	1
Elizabeth Latter of Nova Scotia Wales	ArleneSecrist	16
LATTER, England	janndg	0
LATTER, Australia	janndg	0
Latter - Edward	latters_1	1
Zelma Latter of Gulf, TX 1929	debater	1
Harry Latter	sjma196	0
Latter family	JillAcott	3
Ellen Julia Latter of Sevenoaks, Kent	Stephen Smith	0

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