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 | 38 |
Buckinghamshire | 63 |
Berkshire | 165 |
Cambridgeshire | 81 |
Channel Islands | 35 |
Cheshire | 52 |
Cornwall | 177 |
Cumberland | 2 |
Derbyshire | 53 |
Devon | 491 |
Dorset | 50 |
Durham | 86 |
Essex | 527 |
Gloucestershire | 505 |
Hampshire | 932 |
Herefordshire | 94 |
Hertfordshire | 254 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 8 |
Isle of Man | 2 |
Kent | 765 |
Lancashire | 385 |
Leicestershire | 79 |
Lincolnshire | 136 |
London | 2,948 |
Middlesex | 722 |
Northumberland | 75 |
Norfolk | 105 |
Northamptonshire | 158 |
Nottinghamshire | 49 |
Oxfordshire | 184 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 8 |
Shropshire | 20 |
Suffolk | 142 |
Somerset | 595 |
Surrey | 756 |
Sussex | 576 |
Staffordshire | 377 |
Warwickshire | 515 |
Westmorland | 3 |
Wiltshire | 466 |
Worcestershire | 288 |
Yorkshire | 344 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 29 |
Cardiganshire | 2 |
Carnarvonshire | 3 |
Carmarthenshire | 29 |
Denbighshire | 13 |
Flintshire | 2 |
Glamorgan | 552 |
Merionethshire | 3 |
Montgomeryshire | 10 |
Monmouthshire | 310 |
Pembrokeshire | 10 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 1,408 |
Farm Labourer | 132 |
General Labourer | 106 |
General Servant (domestic) | 91 |
Private Means | 91 |
Labourer | 82 |
Domestic Servant | 73 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 72 |
Dressmaker | 67 |
Clerk | 58 |
Farmer | 54 |
None | 52 |
Laundress | 51 |
Cook (domestic) | 46 |
Shop Assistant | 43 |
General Servant Domestic | 42 |
House Painter | 39 |
Housemaid (domestic) | 38 |
Bricklayer | 37 |
Carman | 37 |
Scholar | 37 |
At School | 35 |
Carpenter | 35 |
At Home | 34 |
Housekeeper | 34 |
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 |