Chenais Surname
Approximately 870 people bear this surname
Chenais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 842 | 1:78,887 | 11,111 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
The alternate forms: Chénais (20) & Chênais (1) are calculated separately.
Chenais (12) may also be a first name.
Chenais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chenais is most common in France. It may also be found as: Chénais or Chênais. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenais? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chenais is the 403,243rd most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,376,490 people. Chenais occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Chenais live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Chenais is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 842 people, or 1 in 78,887. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 33 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 28 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 15 percent are found. Other than France this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chenais
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