About the Pakker Surname

Some records give Packer; others give Pakker. Both point to the same English family name.

At root, the name means “Wool packer”. Pakker writes “k” in place of the “c” found in Packer, a common scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Paker, Pacer and Peker.

Heraldry and the Pakker name

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