Yapp
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap (“deceitful, shrewd”), from Old English gēap (“crooked, bent; devious, cunning”).
Proper noun
[edit]Yapp (plural Yapps)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Yapp is the 40371st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 542 individuals. Yapp is most common among White (69.37%) and Black/African American (13.1%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yapp”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.