Napier Family History
Napier Name Meaning
Scottish: occupational name for a producer or seller of table
linen or for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a
great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier, an agent
derivative of Old French nappe ‘table cloth’ (Latin
mappa). Compare Napper.Shortened form of
Polish Napierala or a similar name.
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Name Distribution of Napier Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Napier families
 94 - 185  32 - 93 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Napier families
|
214 - 426 72 - 213 |
1 - 71 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Napier Family Origin
Napier Emigration Information (US)
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Napier Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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