Frequency: (919)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: nickname for a habitual wearer of a distinctive cloak or hat, from a variant of Chapel.
FOREBEARS: A Chaput from the Franche-Comté is recorded in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec, in 1689.
GIVEN NAMES: French 9%. Armand (4), Andre (2), Fernand (2), Lucien (2), Adrien, Alcid, Alphonse, Gaetan, Germaine, Girard, Jacques, Jean Marc.
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