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Dempster

in Iowa

There are 60 people with the last name "Dempster" in Iowa.

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Dempster 6,700
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  1. is 6,696th most common Carlo
  2. is 6,697th most common Champlin
  3. is 6,698th most common Crews
  4. is 6,699th most common Crispin
  5. is 6,700th most common Dempster
  6. is 6,701st most common Dent
  7. is 6,702nd most common Devilbiss
  8. is 6,703rd most common Dingeman
  9. is 6,704th most common Duitsman

Similar Names and Nicknames

Dempsey, Demps, Dempewolf, Dempski, Dempsay, Dempsy, Demperio, Dempsky, Dempkowski, Dempe

Most Common First Names for Dempster

Jason, Linda, David, Leslie, Lyle, Russel, Audrey, Beverly, Bonnie, Brad

Meaning & History

Scottish, Manx, and English: occupational name for a judge or arbiter of minor disputes, from Old English dēm(e)stre, a derivative of the verb dēmian ‘to judge or pronounce judgement’. Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine dēmere, by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used of both sexes. The surname is not common in England, where the term was early replaced by Anglo-Norman French juge (see Judge), but relatively frequent in Scotland, where until 1747 every laird of a barony could have certain offenses within his territory tried by his dempster, and on the Isle of Man, where deemsters also played an important part in the administration of justice.

Irish (especially County Down): as 1, but also occasionally used instead of Dempsey.

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