Clapham Family History
Clapham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called
Clapham, for example in Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, and North
Yorkshire. The first three are named with Old English clopp(a)
‘lump’, ‘hillock’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm
‘enclosure hemmed in by water’, while the Yorkshire place name is
formed with an Old English word clæpe ‘noisy stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Clapham
Name Distribution of Clapham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Clapham families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Clapham families
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610 - 1,217 204 - 609 |
1 - 203 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Clapham families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Clapham census records
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Clapham Family Origin
Clapham Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Clapham
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Clapham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Clapham census records
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Clapham Civil War Service Records
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