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Carver

in Pennsylvania

There are 601 people with the last name "Carver" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Carver 2,052
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  1. is 2,048th most common Merkel
  2. is 2,049th most common Hannon
  3. is 2,050th most common Shelley
  4. is 2,051st most common Steffy
  5. is 2,052nd most common Carver
  6. is 2,053rd most common Dooley
  7. is 2,054th most common Clement
  8. is 2,055th most common Petrosky
  9. is 2,056th most common Reiter

Most Common First Names for Carver

William, Robert, James, David, Michael, John, Richard, Charles, Mary, Susan

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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