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The Chopin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 622 people carried this name — #36,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 25% from 496 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Chopin surname

Borrowed from French Chopin: see there for more.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chopin» (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 3,553 people named Chopin.

38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 38
Pas-de-Calais 468
Nord 305
Ille-et-Vilaine 246
Vendée 237
Paris 231
Sarthe 129
Saône-et-Loire 119
Orne 106

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

Who carried it

People named Chopin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolas Chopin
    Nicolas Chopin 1771–1844 · French teacher
  • Nicolas Chopin
    Nicolas Chopin 1771–1844 · French teacher
  • Nicolas Chopin
    Nicolas Chopin 1771–1844 · French teacher
  • Nicolas Chopin
    Nicolas Chopin 1771–1844 · French teacher
  • Tekla Justyna Chopin
    Tekla Justyna Chopin 1782–1861
  • Jean-Louis Chopin 1747–1815 · sculptor

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

When the index is not enough

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

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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