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Napier Name Meaning
Scottish: occupational name for a producer or seller of table
linen or for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a
great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier, an agent
derivative of Old French nappe ‘table cloth’ (Latin
mappa). Compare Napper.Shortened form of
Polish Napierala or a similar name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Napier Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Napier families
 178 - 354  60 - 177 |
 1 - 59  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Napier families
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94 - 185 32 - 93 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Napier families
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214 - 426 72 - 213 |
1 - 71 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Napier Family Origin
Napier Immigration Information
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Napier Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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