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Etymology edit

From Middle English Clopton, from Old English *clopp (rock, hill) + tūn (enclosure; settlement, town).

Pronunciation edit

  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /ˈklæptən/
  • (file)

Proper noun edit

Clapton (countable and uncountable, plural Claptons)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A suburban area of London, in the borough of Hackney, Greater London (officially Upper Clapton and Lower Clapton), (OS grid ref TQ3486).
      • 2018, “Ace Feat. Smino & Saba”, in Room 25[1], performed by Noname:
        I'm roll on track, I'm in this field / I'm shot, you put me in my feels / She made it clap clap clap clappity-clap out in Clapton
    2. A hamlet in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3870).
    3. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1617).
    4. A village in Ston Easton parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6453).
    5. A village in Wayford parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4106).
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

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Statistics edit

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Clapton is the 7212th most common surname in England, belonging to 912 individuals.

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