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Tappin

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Old English Tæpping, an unattested patronymic from Tæppa. Compare Tapp.
  • Joseph Tapping (d. 1678) is buried in King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, MA.

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