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Origin and popularity of the name CARPENTER

Origin

Carpenter : 1: English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).2: Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann French Charpentier Italian Carpentieri or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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Geographic distribution of the 182,998 individuals with the name CARPENTER on Geneanet.

 

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