Carpenter Name Meaning: Occupational name for a worker of 'wood',from Latin 'carpentarius' meaning 'carriage maker'.
This is one of a select group of occupational surnames developed from skilled & needed employment.
Discover how your Carpenter ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 60 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 65 |
Channel Islands | 19 |
Cheshire | 29 |
Cornwall | 196 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 14 |
Devon | 526 |
Dorset | 19 |
Durham | 58 |
Essex | 77 |
Gloucestershire | 413 |
Hampshire | 803 |
Herefordshire | 94 |
Hertfordshire | 165 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 12 |
Isle of Man | 8 |
Kent | 474 |
Lancashire | 181 |
Leicestershire | 38 |
Lincolnshire | 65 |
London | 2,168 |
Middlesex | 150 |
Northumberland | 29 |
Norfolk | 72 |
Northamptonshire | 92 |
Nottinghamshire | 2 |
Oxfordshire | 176 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 12 |
Shropshire | 10 |
Suffolk | 103 |
Somerset | 516 |
Surrey | 370 |
Sussex | 352 |
Staffordshire | 210 |
Warwickshire | 311 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 551 |
Worcestershire | 151 |
Yorkshire | 113 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 17 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 1 |
Carmarthenshire | 10 |
Denbighshire | 3 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 94 |
Merionethshire | 2 |
Montgomeryshire | 4 |
Monmouthshire | 149 |
Pembrokeshire | 7 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,564 |
Agricultural Labourer | 271 |
Labourer | 212 |
Domestic Servant | 123 |
General Servant | 107 |
Laundress | 81 |
Ag Labourer | 76 |
Dress Maker | 66 |
Annuitant | 61 |
Carpenter | 60 |
Farm Labourer | 47 |
Servant | 42 |
Gardener | 37 |
Cook | 35 |
Coal Miner | 34 |
Dressmaker | 31 |
House Keeper | 30 |
Silk Weaver | 30 |
General Servant Domestic | 28 |
House Maid | 27 |
Nurse | 27 |
Blacksmith | 26 |
Straw Plaiter | 25 |
Charwoman | 25 |
Farm Servant | 22 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Carpenter | 5,364 |
Mary Carpenter | 4,522 |
John Carpenter | 4,039 |
Elizabeth Carpenter | 3,252 |
George Carpenter | 3,227 |
James Carpenter | 2,681 |
Sarah Carpenter | 2,454 |
Thomas Carpenter | 2,314 |
Henry Carpenter | 1,932 |
Charles Carpenter | 1,909 |
Ann Carpenter | 1,612 |
Jane Carpenter | 1,479 |
Eliza Carpenter | 1,342 |
Alice Carpenter | 1,206 |
Joseph Carpenter | 1,142 |
Emily Carpenter | 1,109 |
Emma Carpenter | 1,083 |
Annie Carpenter | 1,078 |
Ellen Carpenter | 1,029 |
Frederick Carpenter | 919 |
Alfred Carpenter | 886 |
Edward Carpenter | 851 |
Albert Carpenter | 733 |
Robert Carpenter | 733 |
Richard Carpenter | 680 |