Chavallier Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Chavallier Surname User-submission:

Wrongly passed as a surname, Chevalier was originally a nobility title given to warriors and knights of the king. With emigration, the variations of Chevalier multiplied and its origin is hard to trace as it could be given to any man in France.

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Chavallier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France41:16,605,680368,153
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Chavallier Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Wrongly passed as a surname, Chevalier was originally a nobility title given to warriors and knights of the king. With emigration, the variations of Chevalier multiplied and its origin is hard to trace as it could be given to any man in France.

- cachevalier

Chavallier Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chavallier occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chavallier? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chavallier is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Chavallier occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Chavallier live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Chavallier is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 16,605,680. In France it is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 25 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 25 percent live and Normandy, where 25 percent live. Beside France Chavallier is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live and Argentina, where 13 percent live.

Chavallier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Chavallier has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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