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The CARVER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 31,566 1014 0.012 117
United States (1880 census) 6,999 864 0.014 140
Change since 1880 +24567 -150 -0.002 -23
Other Countries
Australia 591 2740 0.004 36
United Kingdom 3,595 1744 0.008 78
Top States for CARVER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 2,565 453 0.032 319
Tennessee 2,108 414 0.037 371
Florida 2,062 1012 0.013 129
Georgia 1,994 538 0.024 244
California 1,864 1794 0.006 55
Top States for CARVER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 2,108 414 0.037 371
Maine 463 536 0.036 363
North Carolina 2,565 453 0.032 319
Kentucky 1,064 586 0.026 263
Georgia 1,994 538 0.024 244

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CARVER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CARVER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CARVER in North Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CARVER by picking someone at random in Tennessee than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CARVER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CARVER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CARVER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CARVER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 502 1.59
Mixed Race 423 1.34
Native American/Alaskan 193 0.61
Asian/Pacific 101 0.32
White (Caucasian) 28,611 90.64
Black/African American 1,739 5.51

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CARVER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CARVER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CARVER.

Similar names to CARVER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CARVER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CARVER

The following words are slight variants of CARVER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.