Last Name DEMPSTER

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Meaning The deemster, one who pronounced the doom, a judge. Strictly speaking, the suffix is feminine, as in Brewster, Baxter, or Webster. The masculine form existed: Deemer.
An arbitrator.
Anciently an arbitrator or officer of justice in the Scottish courts.
Origin English, Scottish, Spanish, Irish, South african, Liberian

Rank 11,753 (2000 US census) 12,070 (1990 US census)
Count 2,442 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.86%, or 2121 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.37%, or 180 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.94%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.37%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.09%, or 51 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.38%, or 58 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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