Last Name CARPENTER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The carpenter. 'carpentier,' a worker in wood.

Origin	English, Dutch, Irish, South african

Rank	211 (2000 US census)	189 (1990 US census)

Count	127,073 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.07%, or 111913 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.13%, or 10331 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 572 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.6%, or 762 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.32%, or 1677 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.43%, or 1817 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Ukrainian middle names

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Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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