Chavanel Surname

339,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,083 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Chavanel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chavanel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France9551:69,5539,671
Spain531:882,11434,832
Canada491:751,95159,756
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Chavanel (12) may also be a first name.

Chavanel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chavanel is found most in France. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chavanel.

How Common Is The Last Name Chavanel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 339,513th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,729,036 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Chavanel reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 955 people, or 1 in 69,553. In France it is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 58 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 13 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 9 percent are found. Excluding France this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Chavanel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Chavanel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Chavanel Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Chavanel earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.58% less than the national average, earning $33,992 CAD 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Chavanel
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