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    The surname Chappel

    A surname, carried by 2,521 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C140

    Chappel: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chappel #12,333, 2,521 people Chappel: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chappel #12,333, 2,521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chappel is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,521 people named Chappel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,649.

    #12,333
    rank among US surnames
    2,521
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,012)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,328Reason2,522122,421
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518

    Who is named Chappel

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

    66% of people named Chappel identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chappels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alonzo Chappel
      American painter (1828-1887)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chappel

    Chappel 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 Chappel?
    2,521 people in the United States had the surname Chappel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. It ranked 12,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chappel?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Chappel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chappel?
    Alonzo Chappel, American painter (1828-1887).
    Where is the surname Chappel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chappel in the United States.
    Is the surname Chappel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,521 in 2010, down 4.8%.