Last Name HARPER

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Meaning	The harper, one who made his living by playing at afir and festival, similar in this way with Fidler, Tabor, Crowther, Piper, etc. Sometimes these names represent an official position, being musical performers in the pay of royalty or the greater lords.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	226 (2000 US census)	185 (1990 US census)

Count	119,868 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.12%, or 84051 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
25.64%, or 30734 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 432 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.6%, or 719 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.77%, or 2122 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.5%, or 1798 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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