The Chaplin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,063 people carried this name — #5,282 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 144 people named Chaplin.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Sarthe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Chaplin live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chaplin.
- Chapel 2,235 · U.S. census
- Chapelle 213 · U.S. census
- Chaperon 180 · U.S. census
- Chapin 10,242 · U.S. census
- Chaplain 508 · U.S. census
- Chapleau 155 · U.S. census
- Chapman 124,614 · U.S. census
- Chapoton 181 · U.S. census
- Chapoy 120 · U.S. census
- Chappa 337 · U.S. census
- Chappel 2,649 · U.S. census
- Chappuis 401 · U.S. census
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