Clapps Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Clapps Surname Definition:

CLAPPS: The son of Clapa, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Clapps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1311:2,766,862164,942
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Clapps Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

CLAPPS: The son of Clapa, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Clapps Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Clapps Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Clapps has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clapps? popularity and diffusion

The surname Clapps is the 1,565,797th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname Clapps occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Clapps live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 2,766,862. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 31 percent live, New York, where 20 percent live and Wisconsin, where 11 percent live.

Clapps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Clapps has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Clapps last name rose 595 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Clapps Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Clapps surname are 8.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.17% being registered with the party.

Clapps earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $41,391 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clappse9211/
Clapp9115,880/
Claps912,292/
Schlapps8678/
Clappe83223/
Klapps83112/
Clyapp831/
Clazpp831/
Claapp831/
Clepps831/
Slapps831/
Clap80367/
Schlaps77136/
Cloppse7727/
Cellapp7710/
Klapp733,069/
Klaps73476/
Clopp73394/
Clape73160/
Clasp7375/
Clapt7315/
Clops734/
Claip733/
Claap732/
Clavs732/
Clayp731/
Claup731/
Clapf731/
Klappe67807/
Klepps67121/
Klaips67100/
Szlaps6749/
Klöpps679/
Khlapp674/
Cloups673/
Klapsz672/
Cleops671/
Clopse671/
Cleavs671/
Chellapph671/
Claipe671/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Clapps
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