The Chappel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,521 people carried this name — #12,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted. That is down 5% from 2,649 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 141 people named Chappel.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 45 people named Chappel 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Chappel in American newspapers,
1929–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,694 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chappel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alonzo Chappel 1828–1887 · painter -
Ann Sykes 1674–
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William P. Chappel 1801–1880 · painter
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William P. Chappel 1801–1878 · painter
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Mary Emily Gaddum 1877–1957
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John N. Chappel 1931–2011 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chappel.
- Chapleau 165 · U.S. census
- Chaplin 6,513 · U.S. census
- Chapman 127,939 · U.S. census
- Chapoton 186 · U.S. census
- Chapoy 141 · U.S. census
- Chappa 418 · U.S. census
- Chappuis 460 · U.S. census
- Chapuis 213 · U.S. census
- Chaput 2,296 · U.S. census
- Charbonneau 4,617 · U.S. census
- Charbonnet 522 · U.S. census
- Charbonnier 234 · U.S. census
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