Bednar Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Bednar is a branch of the Bednarz name tree. Its meaning, shared with Bednarz, is “One who made and sold casks and barrels, a cooper”.

• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Bednar with 4,151 bearers, at rank 7,968.
• Before spelling was fixed, Bednarz was also written Bednar.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

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