Earp

The definitive origin is unclear. Some are proposed, including Old English eorp (“swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”); or a connection to the placenames Ypres (Belgium) or Erpe (Netherlands).

Earp (countable and uncountable, plural Earps)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in the far east of San Bernardino County, California, United States, named after Wyatt Earp.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Earp is the 8536^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3855 individuals. Earp is most common among White (91.26%) individuals.

• Weekley, Ernest (1916): Surnames

• Pera, Rape, aper, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, rape, reap

Probably corrupted from *Ear + ƿ (abbreviation for ƿæter (“water”)). First attested c. 1025.

Earp ?

1. Ure (a river in North Yorkshire, England)