Chaplin Family History
Chaplin Name Meaning
English and French: occupational name for a clergyman, or
perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French
chapelain ‘chantry priest’, a priest endowed to sing mass daily
on behalf of the souls of the dead (Late Latin capellanus).Ukrainian and Belorussian: patronymic from the nickname
Chaplya, from the dialect word chaplya ‘heron’, ‘stork’
(Russian tsaplya), referring to a man with long, thin legs or
perhaps one who was shy and easily frightened.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Chaplin Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chaplin families
 431 - 859  144 - 430 |
 1 - 143  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chaplin families
|
40 - 78 14 - 39 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Chaplin Family Origin
Chaplin Emigration Information (US)
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Chaplin Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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