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Dempster

in North Carolina

There are 53 people with the last name "Dempster" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Dempster 10,420
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  1. is 10,416th most common Decastro
  2. is 10,417th most common Deer
  3. is 10,418th most common Degraffenreidt
  4. is 10,419th most common Dela
  5. is 10,420th most common Dempster
  6. is 10,421st most common Dice
  7. is 10,422nd most common Downie
  8. is 10,423rd most common Dusenbury
  9. is 10,424th most common Eckel

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Dempster

Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth, Andrew, Brandon, Janis, John, Leonard, Robert, Zana

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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