Harp Family History
Harp Name Meaning
English and Scottish: metonymic occupational name for a harpist
(see Harper), or occasionally a habitational name for someone
living at a house distinguished by the sign of a harp.English: habitational name from a minor place such as Harp House
in Eastwood, Essex, or South Harp in South Petherton, Somerset,
denoting a place where salt was produced, from Old English
hearpe ‘harp’, an implement used in the processing of
salt. Compare Harpham.German: metonymic
occupational name for a harpist, from Middle High German harpfe
‘harp’.German: variant of Harpe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Harp
Name Distribution of Harp Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Harp families
 30 - 57  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Harp families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Harp census records
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Harp Family Origin
Harp Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Harp Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Harp census records
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Military Service by Harp
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