Tap 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 0
Devon 5
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 3
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Tap Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tap family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Laundress 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Farm Servant 1
Labourer 1
Pough Man 1
Servant 1
Soldier Royal Artillery 1
Shoe Maker 1
Shoe Maker Wife 1
Costermonger 1
Apprentice To Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tap

Name Census Frequency
John Tap 16
Mary Tap 16
William Tap 14
Elizabeth Tap 11
Ann Tap 7
James Tap 6
Sarah Tap 5
Thomas Tap 5
Charles Tap 4
Edward Tap 3
Emma Tap 3
Ernest Tap 3
George Tap 3
Harriet Tap 3
Harriett Tap 3
Maria Tap 3
Edith Tap 2
Jane Tap 2
Jessie Tap 2
Louisa Tap 2
Margaret Tap 2
Richard Tap 2
Robert Tap 2
Abner Tap 1
Ada Tap 1

Tap Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tapp 75% 9,567
2 Toop 50% 4,199
3 Tope 50% 1,695
4 Tape 75% 993
5 Toope 40% 393
6 Top 67% 298
7 Teape 60% 193
8 Tap 100% 157
9 Tipe 50% 102

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The surname Tap is the 8th most popular variant of Tapp.

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