Clap Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 3
Devon 22
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 26
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 21
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Clap Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Clap family

Profession Census Frequency
State Quarry Man 6
Agricultural Labourer 4
Labourer 4
Female Servant 2
Ship Wright 2
Porter 2
Ag Labourer 2
Farmer 1
Char Woman 1
Silk Minder 1
Carpenter 1
Labourer's Wife 1
Mason 1
Ship Wright's Wife 1
Filler 1
Shop Keeper 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Clap

Name Census Frequency
William Clap 29
John Clap 25
Elizabeth Clap 19
Mary Clap 16
James Clap 14
Robert Clap 11
Sarah Clap 11
Thomas Clap 9
Samuel Clap 7
Ann Clap 6
Catherine Clap 6
Jane Clap 6
Frederick Clap 5
George Clap 5
Joseph Clap 5
Charles Clap 4
Emma Clap 4
Walter Clap 4
Annie Clap 3
Hannah Clap 3
Henry Clap 3
Susan Clap 3
Alice Clap 2
Anna Clap 2
Edith Clap 2

Clap Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Clapp 80% 8,391
2 Clap 100% 261
3 Calep 60% 167

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The surname Clap is the 2nd most popular variant of Clapp.

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