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Chaplin

in West Virginia

There are 65 people with the last name "Chaplin" in West Virginia.

Ranking in West Virginia

Name	Rank
Chaplin	3,149

is 3,145th most common Bolden
is 3,146th most common Bone
is 3,147th most common Bradfield
is 3,148th most common Cavendish
is 3,149th most common Chaplin
is 3,150th most common Cordell
is 3,151st most common Critchfield
is 3,152nd most common Crone
is 3,153rd most common Deboard

Meaning & History

Chaplin

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.

FOREBEARS Clement Chaplin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.