Eastern German: habitational name for someone from any of
various places called Post, Posta, or Postau.Eastern German:
nickname for a person who regularly fasted, from Sorbian postar
‘faster’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a
mailman, from German Post ‘mail’ + the agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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