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 | 53 |
| Berkshire | 118 |
| Cambridgeshire | 53 |
| Channel Islands | 35 |
| Cheshire | 72 |
| Cornwall | 140 |
| Cumberland | 12 |
| Derbyshire | 37 |
| Devon | 404 |
| Dorset | 33 |
| Durham | 87 |
| Essex | 207 |
| Gloucestershire | 449 |
| Hampshire | 816 |
| Herefordshire | 101 |
| Hertfordshire | 221 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 2 |
| Kent | 557 |
| Lancashire | 296 |
| Leicestershire | 73 |
| Lincolnshire | 104 |
| London | 2,501 |
| Middlesex | 304 |
| Northumberland | 54 |
| Norfolk | 104 |
| Northamptonshire | 93 |
| Nottinghamshire | 46 |
| Oxfordshire | 165 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
| Shropshire | 18 |
| Suffolk | 143 |
| Somerset | 567 |
| Surrey | 545 |
| Sussex | 534 |
| Staffordshire | 299 |
| Warwickshire | 397 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 516 |
| Worcestershire | 156 |
| Yorkshire | 251 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 14 |
| Cardiganshire | 8 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 17 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 302 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 11 |
| Monmouthshire | 261 |
| Pembrokeshire | 5 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,782 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 244 |
| General Labourer | 202 |
| Domestic Servant | 116 |
| Labourer | 111 |
| Dress Maker | 95 |
| Living On Own Means | 86 |
| Coal Miner | 82 |
| General Servant | 77 |
| Laundress | 72 |
| Farmer | 64 |
| General Servant Domestic | 64 |
| Farm Labourer | 63 |
| Carpenter | 57 |
| Gardener | 56 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 49 |
| Clerk | 37 |
| General Domestic Servant | 35 |
| Errand Boy | 32 |
| Blacksmith | 32 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 32 |
| House Keeper | 31 |
| Charwoman | 27 |
| Butcher | 26 |
| Brick Layer | 25 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| 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 |