435 Global TRAPPE Family Members

TRAPPE Family History

Recorded as Trapp and Trappe (English) as von Trappe, Trapp and Trappe (German, Austrian & Swisse), this is an occupational medieval surname. It means the same in all countries and described a "trapper" probably of wild animals for food or fur, or it may be locational from a place called Trappe in Germany, a name which may well have described the site of a special trap. Occupational surnames not surprisingly were amongst the earliest created, however unlike locational surnames, they did not usually become hereditary unless a son followed his father or sometimes his grandfather, into the same line of trade or business.