The jasper Surname

jasper Name Meaning and History

North German: from a variant of the personal name Kaspar.
English (Devon and Cornwall): from the personal name Jasper, cognate with 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The jasper name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the jasper family name as far back in history as possible.

jasper Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of jasper Families in the US in 1920

Number of jasper families

55-107

19-54

1-18

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Jasper Thomas and Helen Beatrice Buchanan	RHRandAssociates	0
George Abe Jasper	Patsy Perkins	29
Jasper and Jester	egrdn	4
Thomas Jasper	ThomasKeffer71	0
Jasper in Ohio	carolcarey11	1
Wm Jasper	StaceyAW	0
Jasper Family	Eva L Blum	1
re;jasper lineage	emoyses69	1
Harry Jasper's Family	blueeyes0001	1
Howard Jasper of Orange Co Va	oclarke11	0

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