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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German karpfe, German Karpfen, a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisherman or seller of these fish, or a nickname for someone with a fishlike appearance (see Karp 1).

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