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chapa Name Meaning and History

Spanish and Portuguese: from chapa meaning amongst other things ‘metal sheet’, ‘tin’ and hence a metonymic occupational name for a metalworker.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The chapa name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the chapa family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of chapa Families in the US in 1920
Number of chapa families
 124-245
 42-123		 1-41
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Wanting to know about where i come from... cryznlish213 0
Information needed on Cesario Chapa chopstixrox 1
Ramon Chapa - poss. lived in Mathis, TX Jen Huck 4
Land lawsuit Linda Canales 3
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Severiano Chapa Ivorysnow_99 14
All Decendants-IMPORTANT INFO.... ojos00 10
Looking for Chapa's...... natalie_villarreal 26
DNA Testing can help to see if we are true descendants of Juan B Chapa Alexander Chapa 2
CHAPA FAMILY TREE smontes22 46
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