Last Name CLAPHAM

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Meaning Local: Of Clapham, parishes in the dioceses of Ely, Rochester, Chichesterm and Ripon. The Yorkshire Claphams have been the most prolific. The name is manifestly the 'hem' of Clap or Clop.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 29,016 (2000 US census) 26,714 (1990 US census)
Count 770 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.32%, or 734 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.3%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.17%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.3%, or 10 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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