# Clapp (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/clapp/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,689 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,088 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,533 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (8,717 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Clapp in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Clapp in the United States.

## People named Clapp

- Gordon Clapp, American actor
- Austin Clapp, American swimmer, water polo player and coach (1910–1971)
- Gene Clapp, American rower
- Charles Clapp, American rower (born 1959)
- Cornelia Clapp, American zoologist (1849-1934)
- Moses E. Clapp, American politician (1851-1929)
- Johnny Knoxville, American stunt performer and actor (born 1971)
- Louise Brough, American tennis player (1923–2014)

## Similar surnames

Culp, Colby, Calvo, Cluff, Clubb, Cliff, Calfee, Calva, Claffey, Cullop.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.