Surname Chapa (Chapa 
, Chape 
, Xapa 
) , in all the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Chapa is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Mexico, where it is quite a common surname, Peru, where it is quite a rare surname, and Argentina. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Mexico, the United States, and India. Very seldom, Chapa is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Chapa | India, Tanzania, United States, Mexico, Peru |
| Chape | India, Argentina, United States, Mexico, Peru |
| Xapa | United States, Spain, South Africa, Iraq, Chile |
| Чапа | Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan |
| juan bautista chapa (b. 1627) |
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| leobardo chapa Mexican politician and lawyer (1853-1929), MX (b. 1853) |
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| pedro chapa Mexican politician, MX (b. 1861) |
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maría elena chapa Mexican politician, MX (b. 1944) |
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martha chapa Mexican painter, MX (b. 1946) |
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| josé duato chapa Spanish politician, ES (b. 1899) |
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| ciro chapa Mexican long-distance runner, MX (b. 1901) |
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| esther chapa Mexican medical surgeon, writer, feminist, suffragist, trade unionist, and activist, MX (b. 1904) |
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| lola morote chapa ES (b. 1897) |
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damian chapa actor, film director, US (b. 1963) |
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concha chapa ES (b. 1974) |
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| ricardo chapa Mexican water polo player (b. 1948) |
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| rogelio benavides chapa (b. 1940) |
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| maría ceseñas chapa Mexican politician, MX (b. 1952) |
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| rudy chapa American distance runner, US (b. 1957) |
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