The Chapelle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 282 people carried this name — #69,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 32% from 213 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,326 people named Chapelle.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 93 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 851 people named Chapelle live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Chapelle live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Chapelle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine Pierre Joseph Chapelle de Jumilhac 1764–1826 · military officer -
Madeleine Chapelle 1782–1849 · hatter -
Placide Louis Chapelle 1842–1905 · Catholic priest -
Pierre Chapelle de Jumilhac de Cubjac d. 1772 · Catholic bishop
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Jacques Chapelle 1721–1773 · chemist
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Pierre-David-Augustin Chapelle 1750–1822 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chapelle.
- 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
- 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
- Chapman 127,939 · U.S. census
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