Klapper Family History
Klapper Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of Middle
High German klappern ‘chatter’, ‘rattle’, hence a nickname for
a talkative person or a gossip or a metonymic occupational name for a
night watchman, a reference to the clapper used for making
announcements. As a Jewish name it could be a metonymic occupational
name for someone who called people to the synagogue.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Klapper Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Klapper families
 31 - 59  11 - 30 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Klapper families
|
13 - 23 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Klapper Family Origin
Klapper Immigration Information
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Klapper Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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