The Chap surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 554 people carried this name — #39,659 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 18% from 471 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Chap surname
Borrowed from Khmer ឆាប (chaap).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chap» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 174 people named Chap live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Chap.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Chap live in Switzerland.
They live in 1 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Chap,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sabrina Chap 1977– · singer-songwriter
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chap.
- Chang 81,939 · U.S. census
- Chanon 159 · U.S. census
- Chanson 108 · U.S. census
- Chantry 343 · U.S. census
- Chao 10,398 · U.S. census
- Chaon 143 · U.S. census
- Chapas 241 · U.S. census
- Chapdelaine 1,117 · U.S. census
- Chapel 2,293 · U.S. census
- Chapelle 282 · U.S. census
- Chaperon 245 · U.S. census
- Chapin 10,175 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chap is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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