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Zuker is a German surname and Jewish surname. Along with Zucker, Zukerman, and Zuckerman, it derives from a descriptor of someone who dealt in sugar, or from a nickname given to someone with a fondness for sugar or who was thought to be a thief.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. ^ American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith, page 120 in the 1972 printing, book first published in 1969
  2. ^ The Encyclopedia of Surnames by John Ayto, page 341-342