Chapeau
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ʃapo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Chapeau is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- AGAntigua & Barbuda
- BEBelgium
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Chapeau is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, Used to express appreciation
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, alternative form of chapó
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A hat.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Desvergersb. 1794FRnot in their usual nameFrench playwright
- François Chapeaub. 1863FRFrench photographer and postcard publisher (1863–1939)
- Marcelle Chapeaub. 1951FRFrench politician
- Marie-Thérèse Chapeaub. 1952FRFrench politician
- Christine Chapeaub. 1971FRFrench politician
- Xavier ChapeauFRbadminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 390 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 333 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 327 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 319 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 310 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 298 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 266 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 259 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 240 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 206 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 175 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 55 | #24,479 |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Chapeau?
- In the etymology graph, Capillo is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Chapeau?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃapo/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Chapeau have the most bearers?
- Chapeau is most frequently recorded in France.
What do you want to know about Chapeau?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chapeauThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chapeau”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.