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Early Origins of the Chappaz family

The surname Chappaz was first found in Ile-de-France.

Early History of the Chappaz family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chappaz research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1314, 1317, 1331, 1429, 1463, 1667, 1710, 1763, 1780, 1851, 1880 and 1900 are included under the topic Early Chappaz History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chappaz Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chape, Chappe, Chapa, Chapax, Chappaz, Chapé, Chapey, Chapez, Chapat, Chapdeleine, Chappedeleine, Chapenoire, Chapdeville, Chapchoul, Chapier, Chapados and many more.

Early Notables of the Chappaz family

Notable amongst the family was Louis Chapat, born in 1710 in a Calvinist family of Orange. He is recorded in Orange, Geneva, Berlin and Amsterdam, and engraved imitations of cameos and smalls busts on hard stone. That of Calvin can be found in Geneva. Claude Chappe, born in Brulon in 1763, was a scientist who invented a type of telegraph. Ignace-Urbain-Jean, his brother, was administrator of telegraphic lines. Jean-Rene Chappedelaine was a page for the count of Artois then became officer at...
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Chappaz Ranking

In France, the name Chappaz is the 8,565th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Chappaz family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 350 individuals of the lineage who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among these were Andre Chapdeleine, who married in 1691 in Menard, Quebec.


Contemporary Notables of the name Chappaz (post 1700) +

  • Marie-Thérèse Chappaz (b. 1960), Swiss organically farmed winemaker
  • Gerard Chappaz, President of Societies in Paris
  • Maurice Chappaz (1917-2009), Swiss author and poet


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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