# Chapin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chapin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,175 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,510 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,344 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (10,242 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Spanish and French surname, from the noun chapín (“type of overshoe”). * As an English surname, variant of Chopin, also found as the variants Chopping, Chappin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chapin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chapin in the United States.

## People named Chapin

- Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter (1942–1981)
- James Chapin, American ornithologist and scientific collector (1889–1964)
- Billy Chapin, American actor (1943-2016)
- Edwin Hubbell Chapin, American priest
- Jim Chapin, American musician (1919–2009)
- John Putnam Chapin, American politician in Illinois
- Michael Chapin, American actor
- Lauren Chapin, American actress
- Alice Chapin, American actress and suffragette (1857-1934)

## Similar surnames

Chaffin, Chauvin, Chafin, Cavin, Capen, Chaban, Coffin, Caban, Capone, Cobian, Capuano, Cabana.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.