Tapster Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Tapster Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tapecer' or tapener, a worker of tapestry for decorating walls, &c.' Tappet, a clothe, tappis': Palsgrave. 'Tapecer, tapetarivs': Prompt Parv. The Ordinances for the Guild of St. Katharine, Lynn, are signed by 'Peter Tapeser' (English Gilds).

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Tapster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:679,48938,951
Northern Ireland341:54,2664,423
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Tapster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tapecer' or tapener, a worker of tapestry for decorating walls, &c.' Tappet, a clothe, tappis': Palsgrave. 'Tapecer, tapetarivs': Prompt Parv. The Ordinances for the Guild of St. Katharine, Lynn, are signed by 'Peter Tapeser' (English Gilds). Simon Tapser (H). The Couchers and Tapisers went together in the York Corpus Christi Pageant (York Mystery Plays, p. xxiii, Toulmin Smith). Spelt also Tapiters. In the old usages of Winchester, the trade is called Tapener (English Gilds, Toulmin Smith).

1783. Married — Thomas Hall and Elizabeth Tapner: St. George, Hanover Square.

Marmaduk Myddy Iton, tapitour: Freemen of York, (Sort. Sot).

Robertas Vessy, tapitour: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from an occupation. ' the tapster'; v. Tapper. compare Tapiser.

1548. Baptised — William Tapster: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1749. Married — Robert Tapster and Mary Adams: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) (orig.female) Beer-Seller, Innkeeper [Middle English tappester(e, Old English tæppestre] He knew the tavernes well in all the toun, And everich hostiler and tappestere.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 240-1.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Originally the woman (see ster)-afterwards any person, who had the care of the tap in an inn. A Shakspearean word.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Scotland. and from the Old Norse, Engl. form of Tapper.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tapster Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tapster is found most frequently in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tapster? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Tapster live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 679,489. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 12 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 11 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 9 percent live. Apart from England this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 27 percent live and Scotland, where 3 percent live.

Tapster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tapster has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Tapster surname expanded 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tapster Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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