English (chiefly Bristol): from Middle English clop(pe)
‘lump’, ‘hillock’ (from Old English clopp(a)), applied either
as a topographic name or as a nickname for a large and ungainly
person.Variant spelling of German Klapp.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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