Clapham is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Clapham
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Clapham

How popular is Clapham?

Clapham is common in England.

Clapham is ranked 68557 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Clapham bearers increased by 1.558442 per cent in 2010 US census to 782 since 2000, the surname slipped by 997 spots and ranked at 30013. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.25 95.32
Hispanic or Latino 2.17 1.3
Others 1.53 1.17
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.41 0
Black 0.64 0
Clapham is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 6596 people have been found who wears Clapham as their family name. Clapham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,541 Peru3
54,135 Philippines2
9,185 Hong Kong2
19,046 Ireland2
219,873 France2
21,529 Singapore2
14,521 Portugal2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
24,771 Colombia1
897,276 Russia1
30,360 Thailand1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,374 Bermuda1
58,885 Poland1
47,891 Norway1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
118,015 Netherlands1
81,201 Switzerland1
7,292 Vietnam1
14,373 Jordan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
810,193 Indonesia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
26,164 Sweden36
4,169 Cyprus26
813 Jersey22
78,041 Spain19
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with hundreds of Clapham:
30,364 United States975
3,602 Australia847
10,785 Canada364
2,095 New Zealand360
1,356 Wales293
20,379 South Africa292
50,182 Germany202
3,984 Scotland151
Countries with thousands of Clapham:
2,676 England2,931
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Clapham worked as ploughman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Newry on New Zealand and arrived on April 2, 1849. Immigrant Jno. Clapham, 24 years old William Clapham, Maria Clapham (30) Immigrant, 22 years old Mary Clapham, Immigrant Newton Clapham, Jas. Clapham, aged 3, Born at sea Thomas Clapham, are other Clapham that migrated to US.

Clapham Namesakes

  • Mark Clapham, Author
  • Charlie Clapham, Actor
  • Michael Clapham, British Politician
  • Ada Clapham Govan, Author
  • Mark Clapham, Author
  • Aaron Clapham, Soccer player
  • Aaron Clapham, Soccer player

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