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    The surname Chapel

    A surname, carried by 2,293 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C140

    Chapel: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chapel #13,300, 2,293 people Chapel: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chapel #13,300, 2,293 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chapel is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,293 people named Chapel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,235.

    #13,300
    rank among US surnames
    2,293
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,692)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647
    #13,306Kennell2,292134,706

    Who is named Chapel

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Chapel identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chapel

    Chapel has the Soundex code C140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C140.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chapel?
    2,293 people in the United States had the surname Chapel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. It ranked 13,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chapel?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Chapel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Chapel getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,293 in 2010, up 2.6%.