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Pigherd Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the pigherd,' a tender of pigs; v. Swinnart, Calvert, Herd, &c.
Walter Pyghurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Pigherd Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the pigherd,' a tender of pigs; v. Swinnart, Calvert, Herd, &c.
Walter Pyghurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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| Pishgher | 80 | 1 | / |
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| Pieger | 77 | 587 | / |
| Poiger | 77 | 385 | / |
| Pegher | 77 | 231 | / |
| Peiger | 77 | 103 | / |
| Pigier | 77 | 90 | / |
| Pigere | 77 | 63 | / |
| Phiger | 77 | 45 | / |
| Pigard | 77 | 29 | / |
| Paiger | 77 | 26 | / |
| Páiger | 77 | 16 | / |
| Pigger | 77 | 16 | / |
| Pigert | 77 | 5 | / |
| Piguer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pugerd | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pigred | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pigeyre | 71 | 283 | / |
| Paigier | 71 | 109 | / |
| Piegger | 71 | 85 | / |
| Pigerre | 71 | 41 | / |
| Piegard | 71 | 41 | / |
| Pigiere | 71 | 12 | / |
| Piegert | 71 | 12 | / |
| Peigert | 71 | 11 | / |
| Poigere | 71 | 7 | / |
| Pfieger | 71 | 6 | / |
| Phigred | 71 | 5 | / |
| Paigesr | 71 | 3 | / |
| Peisger | 71 | 3 | / |
| Paigert | 71 | 2 | / |
| Paygher | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfeiger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pisgier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peghere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piguere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piggard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfisger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Picgert | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phinger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peghher | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paigeer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Painger | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peger | 67 | 287 | / |
| Péger | 67 | 53 | / |
| Pigre | 67 | 28 | / |
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| Pyger | 67 | 15 | / |
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