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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Anglo-Norman French peiser, poiser ‘weigher’ (Late Latin pensarius, a derivative of pensare ‘to weigh’), hence an occupational name for an official in charge of weights and measures, especially one whose duty it was to weigh rent or tribute received.
  • German : variant spelling of Peiser.

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