The surname Chaparro
A Spanish surname, carried by 6,066 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex C160
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Chaparro, from Basque txapar (“plump, chubby”).
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,066 people named Chaparro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,898 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,431.
Who is named Chaparro
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Chaparro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Chaparro has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Chaparro come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Chaparro, from Basque txapar (“plump, chubby”).
- How common is the surname Chaparro?
- 6,066 people in the United States had the surname Chaparro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,898 Americans. It ranked 5,718th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chaparro?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chaparro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Chaparro getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,066 in 2010, up 37%.