How common is the surname Chappell?

23,634 people in the United States had the surname Chappell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,064 Americans. It ranked 1,516th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chappell?

Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer, followed by Ian Chappell.

Where is the surname Chappell most common?

Wikidata records people named Chappell in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Chappell getting more or less common?

More common. 23,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,634 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Chappell

A surname, carried by 23,634 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chappell is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,634 people named Chappell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,064 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,001.

#1,516

rank among US surnames

23,634

people in 2010

8.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,419)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,507	Crockett	23,769	12,989
#1,508	Benavides	23,761	12,994
#1,509	Bullard	23,755	12,997
#1,510	Louis	23,738	13,006
#1,511	Steiner	23,735	13,008
#1,512	Coates	23,725	13,014
#1,513	Drew	23,722	13,015

Who is named Chappell

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

75% of people named Chappell identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chappells

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Greg Chappell
Australian cricketer, born 1948
Ian Chappell
Australian cricketer, born 1943
Crystal Chappell
American actress, born 1965
Len Chappell
American basketball player (1941–2018)
Fred Chappell
American poet, novelist (1936–2024)

Notable Chappells come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Chapell

Surnames that sound like Chappell

Chappell 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 Chappell?: 23,634 people in the United States had the surname Chappell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,064 Americans. It ranked 1,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chappell?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Chappell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chappell?: Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer, followed by Ian Chappell.
Where is the surname Chappell most common?: Wikidata records people named Chappell in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Chappell getting more or less common?: More common. 23,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,634 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Chappell?: Chapell.