Painter Family History
Painter Name Meaning
English: from Middle English, Old French peinto(u)r,
oblique case of peintre ‘painter’, hence an occupational name
for a painter (normally of colored glass). In the Middle Ages the
walls of both great and minor churches were covered with painted
decorations, and Reaney and Wilson note that in 1308 Hugh le Peyntour
and Peter the Pavier were employed ‘making and painting the pavement’
at St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster. The name is widespread in
central and southern England.German: topographic name for
someone living in a fenced enclosure (see Bainter).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Painter Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Painter families
 273 - 543  92 - 272 |
 1 - 91  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Painter families
|
336 - 670 113 - 335 |
1 - 112 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Painter families
|
9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Painter Family Origin
Painter Immigration Information
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Painter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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