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Carver

in Iowa

There are 319 people with the last name "Carver" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Carver 913
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  1. is 909th most common Weis
  2. is 910th most common Grady
  3. is 911th most common Haley
  4. is 912th most common Vandyke
  5. is 913th most common Carver
  6. is 914th most common Roush
  7. is 915th most common Schuler
  8. is 916th most common Snider
  9. is 917th most common Whitmore

Most Common First Names for Carver

John, Matthew, Donald, Jason, Jennifer, Larry, Mark, Pamela, Rhonda, Robert

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a carver of wood or a sculptor of stone, from an agent derivative of Middle English kerve(n) ‘to cut or carve’.

English: occupational name for a plowman, from Anglo-Norman French caruier, from Late Latin carrucarius, a derivative of carruca ‘cart’, ‘plow’.

Americanized spelling of German Garber, Gerber, or Körber (see Koerber).

Irish: variant of Carvey.

Possibly also a reduced form of Irish McCarver.

FOREBEARS John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to Holland in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.

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