Chequin Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Chequin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 73 | 1:2,932,525 | 86,118 |
| Argentina | 54 | 1:791,545 | 52,685 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Chequìn (1) are calculated separately.
Chequin (31) may also be a first name.
Chequin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chequin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chequin is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Chequìn. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chequin? popularity and diffusion
Chequin is the 1,453,389th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Chequin are found; 88 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,874,099th most common first name at a global level, borne by 31 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 2,932,525. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Paraná, where 42 percent reside, São Paulo, where 38 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 11 percent reside. Other than Brazil it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 37 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.
Chequin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chequin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Chequin
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