Trapp Family History
- Trapp Name Meaning
- English: metonymic occupational name for a trapper, from a derivative of Middle English trapp ‘trap’. German: nickname for a stupid person, from Middle High German trappe ‘bustard’ (of Slavic origin). German: topographic name for someone living by a step-like feature in the terrain, from Middle Low German treppe, trappe ‘step’, or by a flight of steps, standard German Treppe.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 298,904 Historical Documents with Trapp on Ancestry
- 125,285 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 47,308 Census and Voter Lists
- 13,389 Military Records
- 7,105 Immigration Records
- 105,817 Member Trees
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Number of Trapp families
 43 - 83  15 - 42 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Trapp families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Trapp census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Trapp census records
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