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Carver

in North Carolina

There are 2,249 people with the last name "Carver" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Carver 455
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  1. is 451st most common Blevins
  2. is 452nd most common Benson
  3. is 453rd most common Glenn
  4. is 454th most common Keller
  5. is 455th most common Carver
  6. is 456th most common Phelps
  7. is 457th most common Eller
  8. is 458th most common Stroud
  9. is 459th most common Spivey

Most Common First Names for Carver

James, David, John, William, Charles, Robert, Michael, Larry, Linda, Mary

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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