Chaperon surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Chaperon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 245 people carried this name — #78,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 36% from 180 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 899 people named Chaperon.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Charente.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Charente 107
Paris 84
Loire 76
Ille-et-Vilaine 52
Côtes-d’Armor 34
Finistère 32
Manche 30
Isère 27

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 220 people named Chaperon 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 131
Santa Fe 56
City of Buenos Aires 19
Córdoba 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

209 people named Chaperon live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Fribourg 84
Vaud 51
Geneva 22
Valais 20
Bern 13
Neuchâtel 8
Zurich 7
Basel-Landschaft 4

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 Chaperon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Abbé Chaperon
    Abbé Chaperon 1877–1951 · Catholic priest
  • Nicolas Chaperon 1612–1656 · painter
  • Paul-Romain Chaperon 1808–1879 · engineer
  • Émile Chaperon 1868–1946 · painter
  • Jean Chaperon 1887–1969 · painter
  • Henri Chaperon 1904–1944

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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