Chamois Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Chamois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 502 | 1:132,316 | 20,235 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Chamois (23) may also be a first name.
Chamois Demographics
Average Chamois Salary in
United States
$17,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chamois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamois Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamois (Arabic: شاموا) is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamois? popularity and diffusion
Chamois is the 559,940th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. The last name Chamois is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Chamois reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Chamois is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 23 people.
This last name is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 132,316. In France Chamois is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 34 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 21 percent live and Grand Est, where 21 percent live. Beside France this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Chamois Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chamois has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chamois last name increased 178 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chamois Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chamois earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.65% more than the national average, earning $70,376 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamois Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamois in the Arabic language | ||
| شاموا | shamwa | - |
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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 Chamois
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