Shrader
A surname usually linked to a German occupational name for a tailor or cutter of cloth.
The #5,109 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 45,039 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Shrader is generally treated as an Americanized spelling of a German surname such as Schrader, from Middle Low German and related German forms connected with a tailor, cutter, or cloth-worker. The root is often associated with words meaning "to cut" or "to shear," which fits an occupational byname for someone who worked with cloth. In English-speaking countries, the initial "Schr-" was sometimes simplified to "Shr-" in spelling.
History
The name came to North America with German-speaking immigrants and later appears in anglicized spellings such as Shrader. Because spelling was fluid in immigrant communities, several forms could belong to the same family line. The surname is especially common in the United States in German-American regions and among descendants of 18th- and 19th-century immigrants.
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Fun fact
Shrader is one of several surnames whose English spelling hides an older German consonant cluster that was often simplified after immigration.