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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Klaphek, Klaphecke, topographic names for someone living near a trapdoor or a gate in the village fence, from klappen ‘to clap’, ‘slam’ + hecke ‘hedge’, ‘fence’.

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