Statistics for Occupational surnames

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Someone who turns metal into useful objects in his forge	Smith	91%
Someone who makes cakes, bread and related products.	Baker	90%
Someone who cuts and shaves hair and beards.	Barber	85%
Someone who chops up and sells meat.	Butcher	85%
Someone who makes pots.	Potter	83%
Someone who makes beer.	Brewer / Brewster	78%
Someone who grinds corn into flour.	Miller	76%
Someone who plays music on a pipe.	Piper	76%
Someone who changes the colour of cloth.	Dyer	71%
Someone who treats animal skins to produce leather.	Tanner	69%
Someone who hunts animals.	Hunter	63%
Someone who removes skins from animals.	Skinner	60%
Someone who puts bundles of reeds on top of a house to make a roof.	Thatcher	59%
Someone who makes saddles	Saddler/Sadler	57%
Someone who makes gloves.	Glover	55%
Someone who makes barrels.	Cooper	54%
Someone who carves stone.	Mason	54%
Someone who makes cloth on a loom.	Weaver	54%
Someone who makes arrows.	Fletcher	52%
Someone who covers buildings with slate to make a roof.	Slater	52%
Someone who makes candles.	Chandler	36%
Someone who puts shoes on horses.	Farrier	27%
Someone who makes carts.	Wainwright / Cartwright	22%
Someone who makes bows for archery.	Bowyer	20%
Someone who trades in fine cloths.	Mercer	2%