For Schnaiter there are 12 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Schnaiter is on position 4515.
Schnaiter the surname comes from "schnoatern (delimbing = split Klieber - South German dialect expression or Tyrolean room, several spellings) and refers to the splitting of wood or the limbing a tree trunk or branch. The name "Schnoater is in Bavaria and Tirol still occasionally used to denote a kind of hatchet machetenähnlicher form in use, which is used for tree pruning, chopping and hacking. The name "Schnoater" in its original form continues to exist even as a description of pastures and (rarely) performed as a so-called "house name". The Schnoater / Schnoaterer (later Schnaiter - also in a different spelling) was thus originally a forestry and wood workers.
(Sent from: David Schnaiter)
