Last name origins & meanings:
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a seller
of tobacco, from German Tabak, Yiddish and Ukrainian
tabik (all ultimately from Spanish tabaco, a word of
Caribbean origin). Tobacco was introduced to Europe in the 16th
century.
- Turkish: occupational name for a tanner,
Turkish tabak.
- Dutch: occupational name for a butcher
or hog breeder, from Middle Dutch tucbake, from tucken
‘to pull, push, or strike’ + bake ‘hog’.
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