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Dempster

in Pennsylvania

There are 109 people with the last name "Dempster" in Pennsylvania.

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Dempster 11,223
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  1. is 11,219th most common Coniglio
  2. is 11,220th most common Dattilo
  3. is 11,221st most common Deberry
  4. is 11,222nd most common Delaurentis
  5. is 11,223rd most common Dempster
  6. is 11,224th most common Devitis
  7. is 11,225th most common Dicamillo
  8. is 11,226th most common Difiore
  9. is 11,227th most common Dixson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Dempster

John, Charles, Joseph, Robert, Candace, George, James, Joanne, Lauren, Mark

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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