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 | 23 |
Buckinghamshire | 58 |
Berkshire | 115 |
Cambridgeshire | 49 |
Channel Islands | 21 |
Cheshire | 39 |
Cornwall | 167 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 17 |
Devon | 437 |
Dorset | 37 |
Durham | 51 |
Essex | 147 |
Gloucestershire | 431 |
Hampshire | 798 |
Herefordshire | 107 |
Hertfordshire | 182 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
Isle of Man | 1 |
Kent | 530 |
Lancashire | 257 |
Leicestershire | 56 |
Lincolnshire | 80 |
London | 2,423 |
Middlesex | 212 |
Northumberland | 36 |
Norfolk | 97 |
Northamptonshire | 88 |
Nottinghamshire | 14 |
Oxfordshire | 164 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
Shropshire | 3 |
Suffolk | 98 |
Somerset | 537 |
Surrey | 454 |
Sussex | 460 |
Staffordshire | 241 |
Warwickshire | 358 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 514 |
Worcestershire | 181 |
Yorkshire | 203 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 22 |
Cardiganshire | 8 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 15 |
Denbighshire | 4 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 141 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 9 |
Monmouthshire | 228 |
Pembrokeshire | 4 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,986 |
Agricultural Labourer | 310 |
Domestic Servant | 134 |
General Labourer | 126 |
Labourer | 114 |
Dress Maker | 109 |
General Servant | 108 |
Laundress | 76 |
Farm Labourer | 63 |
Carpenter | 62 |
Annuitant | 56 |
General Servant Domestic | 51 |
Coal Miner | 44 |
Gardener | 43 |
Cook Domestic Servant | 30 |
House Keeper | 29 |
No Occupation | 28 |
Servant Domestic | 26 |
Bricklayer | 25 |
Blacksmith | 24 |
Dressmaker | 24 |
General Domestic Servant | 22 |
Silk Weaver | 22 |
Housemaid Domestic Servant | 21 |
Servant | 21 |
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 |