How common is the surname Chapin?

10,175 people in the United States had the surname Chapin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,344 Americans. It ranked 3,510th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chapin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chapin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chapin?

Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter (1942–1981), followed by James Chapin.

Where is the surname Chapin most common?

Wikidata records people named Chapin in the United States.

Is the surname Chapin getting more or less common?

Less common. 10,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,175 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Chapin

A surname, carried by 10,175 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chapin is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,175 people named Chapin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,344 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,242.

#3,510

rank among US surnames

10,175

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,206)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,502	Dorn	10,206	30,251
#3,503	Tavarez	10,201	30,266
#3,504	Sowers	10,198	30,275
#3,505	Andrus	10,197	30,278
#3,506	Glick	10,196	30,281
#3,507	Everhart	10,186	30,311
#3,508	Ahrens	10,182	30,323

Who is named Chapin

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

94% of people named Chapin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chapins

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1814–1880
Jim Chapin
American musician (1919–2009)
John Putnam Chapin
American politician in Illinois, 1810–1864
Michael Chapin
American actor, born 1936
Lauren Chapin
American actress, 1945–2026
Alice Chapin
American actress and suffragette (1857-1934)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chapin

Chapin has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Questions

Where does the surname Chapin come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Chapin?: 10,175 people in the United States had the surname Chapin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,344 Americans. It ranked 3,510th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chapin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chapin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chapin?: Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter (1942–1981), followed by James Chapin.
Where is the surname Chapin most common?: Wikidata records people named Chapin in the United States.
Is the surname Chapin getting more or less common?: Less common. 10,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,175 in 2010, down 0.7%.