How common is the surname Chaput?

2,296 people in the United States had the surname Chaput in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. It ranked 13,283rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chaput?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chaput identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chaput?

Charles J. Chaput, American Catholic prelate.

Where is the surname Chaput most common?

Wikidata records people named Chaput in the United States.

Is the surname Chaput getting more or less common?

More common. 2,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,296 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Chaput

A surname, carried by 2,296 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chaput is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,296 people named Chaput in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,230.

#13,283

rank among US surnames

2,296

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #12,716)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,278	Balser	2,297	134,413
#13,283	Chaput	2,296	134,471
#13,291	Rolling	2,295	134,530

Who is named Chaput

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

94% of people named Chaput identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chaputs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles J. Chaput
American Catholic prelate, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chaput

Chaput has the Soundex code C130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C130.

Questions

How common is the surname Chaput?: 2,296 people in the United States had the surname Chaput in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. It ranked 13,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chaput?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chaput identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chaput?: Charles J. Chaput, American Catholic prelate.
Where is the surname Chaput most common?: Wikidata records people named Chaput in the United States.
Is the surname Chaput getting more or less common?: More common. 2,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,296 in 2010, up 3.0%.