Cavallier Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Cavallier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cavallier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2911:228,25735,399
United States791:4,588,088240,017
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Cavallier Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cavallier Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cavallier occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cavallier.

How Common Is The Last Name Cavallier? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 699,651st most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. The surname Cavallier occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Cavallier are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Cavallier is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 228,257. In France it is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 26 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 18 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 13 percent are found. Aside from France this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Cavallier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cavallier has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cavallier surname expanded 790 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cavallier Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cavallier last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% registered with the party.

The amount Cavallier earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 16.27% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,232 per year and in United States they earn 15.05% less than the national average, earning $36,657 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cavallier
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