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Carver

in Tennessee

There are 1,724 people with the last name "Carver" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Carver 420
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  1. is 416th most common Roach
  2. is 417th most common Cochran
  3. is 418th most common Bridges
  4. is 419th most common Ellison
  5. is 420th most common Carver
  6. is 421st most common Odom
  7. is 422nd most common Spears
  8. is 423rd most common Parrish
  9. is 424th most common Burke

Most Common First Names for Carver

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

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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