Chapas Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Chapas is best understood together with Chapa: both are Spanish spellings of a single family name. Taken at its root, Chapas points to “Metal plate”. The extra “s” in Chapas is a spelling habit rather than a different name. You may also find the name written Chappa.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Chapas with 241 bearers, at rank 79,075. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 48% of the total. 279 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Chapas name at birth.

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