Harper Family History
Harper Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a player on the
harp, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Dutch
harp ‘harp’. The harper was one of the most important figures
of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern
England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The
Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’,
‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
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Name Distribution of Harper Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Harper families
 634 - 1,265  212 - 633 |
 1 - 211  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Harper families
|
1,109 - 2,216 370 - 1,108 |
1 - 369 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Harper families
|
343 - 684 115 - 342 |
1 - 114 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Harper census records
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Harper Family Origin
Harper Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Harper
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Harper Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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