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

The Chaput surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,296 people carried this name — #13,283 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 128,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,230 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,794 people named Chaput.

28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 79 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 28
Puy-de-Dôme 672
Haute-Vienne 388
Creuse 274
Paris 264
Cher 126
Allier 118
Pas-de-Calais 61
Corrèze 60

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 28 people named Chaput 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 Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 10
Liège 7
Namur 6
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Chaput in American newspapers,
1881–1918.

Newspaper page from Mineral Point Tribune carrying the name Chaput
Mineral Point Tribune 1881-02-10
Newspaper page from Evening Public Ledger carrying the name Chaput
Evening Public Ledger 1918-05-13
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Chaput
Evening Star 1918-04-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,402 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Chaput,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Chaput
    Jean Chaput 1893–1918 · flying ace
  • Marie Judith Chaput 1773–1832
  • Henri Chaput 1857–1919 · physician
  • Roger Chaput 1909–1994 · musician
  • Jean Marc Chaput 1910–1974 · politician
  • Marcel Chaput 1918–1991 · chemist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Chaput.

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