Last Name RAFFMANSummary/Contribute |
| Meaning | A dealer in raff. Both surname and the occupation are peculiar to county Norfolk. Raff meant refuse, shearings of cloth, wool - any rubbish in fact that was saleable. In the Guild of St. George, Norwich, 1385, occurs the name of John Raffman, also Robert Smith, raffman, and John Smith, raffmen. Nevertheless Blomefild enumerating the companies in the procession of Corpus Christi Day, mentions the 'grocers abd raffmen,' and explains in a note, 'i.e. raftermen, those that deal in rafts of timber pieces.' | |
| Origin | English, Irish |
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