The Chapel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,293 people carried this name — #13,300 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 128,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,235 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,408 people named Chapel.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Haute-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
21 people named Chapel live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Chapel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tell Aristide Frédéric Antoine Chapel 1849–1932 · military personnel -
Alain Chapel 1937–1990 · cook -
Antoine Simon Chapel d'Espinassoux 1777–1847 · politician
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Jean Chapel 1910–1981 · official
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Paul Chapel 1916–2005 · politician
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Chapel Tseten Puntsok 1922–2013 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chapel.
- 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
- Chapelle 282 · U.S. census
- Chaperon 245 · U.S. census
- Chapin 10,175 · U.S. census
- Chaplain 529 · U.S. census
- Chapleau 165 · U.S. census
- Chaplin 6,513 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chapel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.