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The Chaplain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 529 people carried this name — #41,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 508 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Chaplain surname

Variant of Chaplin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chaplain» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 783 people named Chaplain.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Orne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Orne 137
Paris 119
Sarthe 112
Côtes-d’Armor 67
Eure 66
Yvelines 27
Ille-et-Vilaine 24
Manche 20

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Chaplain is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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