How common is the surname Chaplin?

6,513 people in the United States had the surname Chaplin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,405 Americans. It ranked 5,344th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chaplin?

Geraldine Chaplin, British-American actress, followed by Sydney Chaplin.

Where is the surname Chaplin most common?

Wikidata records people named Chaplin in the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Chaplin?

Chaplin is /ˈt͡ʃæplɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Chaplin getting more or less common?

More common. 6,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,513 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Chaplin

An English occupational surname, carried by 6,513 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæplɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex C145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chaplin is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

An occupational surname for a chaplain, from Middle English and Old French chapelain.

Chaplin is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,513 people named Chaplin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,405 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,063.

#5,344

rank among US surnames

6,513

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,282)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,335	Corn	6,528	47,296
#5,337	Sorto	6,523	47,332
#5,338	Buell	6,522	47,339
#5,339	Bias	6,518	47,368
#5,340	Emanuel	6,517	47,375
#5,342	Howerton	6,516	47,383
#5,343	Delao	6,515	47,390

Who is named Chaplin

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

75% of people named Chaplin identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chaplins

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Geraldine Chaplin
British-American actress, born 1944
Sydney Chaplin
American film and theater actor (1926-2009)
Josephine Chaplin
American actress (1949–2023)
Charles Chaplin
American actor (1925-1968)
Michael Chaplin
American actor, born 1946
Ralph Chaplin
American writer, artist and labor activist, 1887–1961
Christopher Chaplin
British actor, born 1962
Alexander Chaplin
American actor, born 1971
Victoria Chaplin
British-American circus performer, born 1951
Shelley Chaplin
Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player, born 1984
Oona O'Neill
American-British actress (1925–1991)

Notable Chaplins come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom (3) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Chaplain

Surnames that sound like Chaplin

Chaplin has the Soundex code C145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C145.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chaplin come from?: An occupational surname for a chaplain, from Middle English and Old French chapelain.
How common is the surname Chaplin?: 6,513 people in the United States had the surname Chaplin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,405 Americans. It ranked 5,344th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chaplin?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Chaplin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chaplin?: Geraldine Chaplin, British-American actress, followed by Sydney Chaplin.
Where is the surname Chaplin most common?: Wikidata records people named Chaplin in the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Chaplin?: Chaplin is /ˈt͡ʃæplɪn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Chaplin?: Chaplin is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Chaplin getting more or less common?: More common. 6,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,513 in 2010, up 7.4%.
What are other spellings of Chaplin?: Chaplain.