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draper Name Meaning and History

English and Irish: occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of draper Families in the US in 1920
Number of draper families
 125-247
 42-124		 1-41
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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