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Harrop


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Origin Of The Surname Harrop

Meaning Of The Surname Harrop

From the Valley of the Hares

Interesting Facts About Harrop

Harrop is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself is made up of the Old English elements ‘hara’ referring to a hare and ‘hop’ meaning a valley. The place name therefore means ‘valley of the hares’.

Harrop Statistics

Harrop is the number 1776 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,109 share the surname Harrop in the UK.

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