Repp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Repp family

The surname Repp was first found in Norfolk at either Repps with Bastwick, or North Reps (Northrepps) or South Repps. North and South Repps are parishes in the North Erpingham hundred, while Repps with Bastwick is in the West Flegg hundred. All date back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where they were collectively listed as Repes, and probably meant "the stripes of land," from the Old English word "reopul." 1 By 1191, the place name have evolved to be known as Repples.

As a rather rare surname, early records are scarce. The first record of the family was John Reppes who was listed in the Feet of Fines of Essex in 1408. Later, Robert Reppys was listed in Paston in 1451. 2

Early History of the Repp family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Repp research. Another 139 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1177, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1530, 1536, 1537, 1549, 1550, 1552 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Repp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Repp Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Repp family name include Repp, Repps, Reaps, Reeps, Rebbs, Reb, Rep and others.

Early Notables of the Repp family

Distinguished members of the family include

William Rugg (also Rugge, Repps, Reppes
died 1550) was an English Benedictine theologian, and bishop of Norwich from 1536 to 1549. Born in Northrepps, Norfolk, he became Abbot of St Benet's Abbey in 1530 and was was one of the authors of Th...

Repp Ranking

In the United States, the name Repp is the 8,701^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Repp migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Repp surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Repp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joh Casper Repp, who arrived in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1737 4
Anna Maria Repp, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1742 4

Repp Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mathias Repp, who arrived in America in 1836 4
Henry Repp, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1845 4
John Repp, who arrived in Kansas in 1875-1883 4
Maria Repp, aged 22, who landed in New York, NY in 1876 4
Catherine Repp, who landed in New York, NY in 1876 4
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Repp Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Conrad Repp, who arrived in Pacific Northwest in 1900 4

Repp migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Repp Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Peter Repp, who landed in Canada in 1908
Jacob Repp, who landed in Canada in 1909

Contemporary Notables of the name Repp (post 1700) +

Lindsey Nicole Repp (b. 1982), American actress from Lafayette, known for Furnace (2007)
Johhny Repp, American actor, known for Merry Go Round (2002) and Loufa kai parallagi: Seirines sti steria (2011)
Corrina Repp, American actress, known for her work on The Black Sea (2015), Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010) and Portlandia (2011)
Stafford Repp (1918-1974), American character actor, best known for his role as Police Chief Clancy O'Hara on ABC's Batman television series in the 1960s
Ray Repp, American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter
Ed Earl Repp (1901-1977), American pulp fiction writer, screenwriter and novelist
Corrina Repp, American vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter from Portland, Oregon
William Repp, American politician, Prohibition Candidate for Pennsylvania State Auditor General, 1916; Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1920 (10th District), 1924 (11th District); Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1922 5
Glenn Repp, American Republican politician, Candidate for Texas State House of Representatives 111th District, 1992 5
Pierre Repp (1909-1986), French actor from Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Pas-de-Calais, France, known for The 400 Blows (1959), M'sieur la Caille (1955) and Swords of Blood (1962)
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html