Dutch: from the verb kloppen, which has many meanings,
including ‘to tap’, ‘to knock’, ‘to beat’, ‘to sound’, and could
therefore have been applied in various ways as a nickname or an
occupational name, for example for a bellringer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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