The Chapa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,865 people carried this name — #2,297 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,600 people counted. That is up 19% from 13,370 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,397 people named Chapa 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 20 people named Chapa.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Chapa in American newspapers,
1896–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,514 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Chapa in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.
66 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chapa. The most, 13, date from the 1900s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chapa.
Who carried it
People named Chapa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Esther Chapa 1904–1970 · writer
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Ofelia Chapa Villarreal 1918–1973 · teacher
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Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa 1941–2011 · lawyer
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María Elena Chapa 1944–2021 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Chapa,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States670 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 539
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 86
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Eluterio ChapaBorn 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; meat cutter from Medina County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Lorenzo ChapaBorn 1948; from San Angelo, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Joseph R. ChapaU.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. Born 1894, died 1959; buried at Bath National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 670 records for Chapa in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France9 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Renee ChapaBorn 1913 in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines); died 1990 in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Lionel Roger ChapaBorn 1953 in Paris; died 1987 in Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeanne ChapaBorn 1898 in Archiac; died 1985 in Rochefort (Charente-Maritime).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 9 records for Chapa in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chapa.
- 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
- Chap 554 · 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
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