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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Klepáč) : from klepáč ‘small water mill’, a derivative of klepat ‘to tap’.
  • Croatian (Klepac or Klepač) : a nickname from klepati ‘to beat or sharpen with a hammer’, in a figurative sense probably denoting a talkative person.

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