Explore the Family Name Chapla

The meaning of Chapla

Americanized form of Slovak and Czech Čapla: nickname from Slovak čapľa, Czech dialect čapla ‘heron’.

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How common is the last name Chapla in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Chapla" has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 61,713th in popularity with a count of 304 individuals bearing this name, signifying a proportion of 0.11 per every 100,000 people. However, by 2010, its rank had dropped to 71,478th, the count had decreased to 273, and the proportion had lowered to 0.09 per 100,000 people. This constitutes an overall change of -15.82% in rank and -10.2% in count, suggesting that fewer people were identified by this surname in the United States.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,713	#71,478	-15.82%
Count	304	273	-10.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.09	-18.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Chapla

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some notable changes from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 90.79% of those with the Chapla surname identified as White, but this figure dropped slightly to 87.18% by 2010. On the other hand, the percentage identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased significantly from 4.93% to 8.79%. A new addition in the 2010 census data reveals 2.56% of Chaplas identifying as Hispanic - an option that wasn't represented in the 2000 data. There were no changes over this decade for those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native, with these ethnicities remaining at 0%. The data also showed no representation for those identifying with two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.79%	87.18%	-3.98%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.93%	8.79%	78.3%
Hispanic	0%	2.56%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%