Châtelain Surname
Approximately 595 people bear this surname
Châtelain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 570 | 1:14,409 | 2,370 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Chatelain (16,639) are calculated separately.
Châtelain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Châtelain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Châtelain is most common in Switzerland. It may also appear in the variant forms: Chatelain. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Châtelain? popularity and diffusion
The surname Châtelain is the 540,057th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,247,976 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Châtelain reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
Châtelain is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is held by 570 people, or 1 in 14,409. In Switzerland it is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Bern, where 33 percent reside, Canton of Vaud, where 23 percent reside and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 21 percent reside. Besides Switzerland it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Châtelain
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