Clapp Family History
Clapp Name Meaning
English (chiefly Bristol): from Middle English clop(pe)
‘lump’, ‘hillock’ (from Old English clopp(a)), applied either
as a topographic name or as a nickname for a large and ungainly
person.Variant spelling of German Klapp.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Clapp
Name Distribution of Clapp Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Clapp families
 196 - 390  66 - 195 |
 1 - 65  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Clapp families
|
168 - 334 57 - 167 |
1 - 56 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Clapp families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Clapp census records
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Clapp Family Origin
Clapp Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Clapp
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Clapp Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Clapp census records
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Clapp Civil War Service Records
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