Chevalier Surname
Approximately 85,757 people bear this surname
Chevalier Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the chevalier,' a knight; v. Horseman.
Thomas le Chevalier, Kent, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Jordan le Chevaler, Northamptonshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameChevalier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 60,261 | 1:1,102 | 39 |
| United States | 8,293 | 1:43,707 | 5,361 |
| Canada | 5,541 | 1:6,650 | 976 |
| Belgium | 3,209 | 1:3,583 | 367 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,427 | 1:4,299 | 474 |
| Haiti | 1,419 | 1:7,529 | 869 |
| Switzerland | 863 | 1:9,517 | 1,550 |
| Germany | 399 | 1:201,768 | 23,133 |
| Uruguay | 365 | 1:9,402 | 1,050 |
| Argentina | 329 | 1:129,919 | 11,013 |
| England | 292 | 1:190,815 | 16,913 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Brazil | 242 | 1:884,605 | 31,829 |
| Australia | 195 | 1:138,439 | 14,922 |
| New Caledonia | 177 | 1:1,561 | 92 |
| Spain | 151 | 1:309,616 | 18,455 |
| Thailand | 142 | 1:497,453 | 86,793 |
| Panama | 136 | 1:28,767 | 1,703 |
| Netherlands | 135 | 1:125,090 | 19,566 |
| French Polynesia | 117 | 1:2,400 | 486 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 98 | 1:13,918 | 1,807 |
| Mexico | 93 | 1:1,334,690 | 15,285 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Sweden | 40 | 1:246,169 | 17,052 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Jersey | 34 | 1:2,918 | 527 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Peru | 23 | 1:1,381,918 | 21,725 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Andorra | 10 | 1:8,384 | 1,259 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 109 | 1:223,627 | 17,016 |
| Jersey | 64 | 1:811 | 128 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 536 | 1:93,692 | 9,599 |
The alternate forms: Chévalier (1) are calculated separately.
Chevalier (425) may also be a first name.
Chevalier Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the chevalier,' a knight; v. Horseman.
Thomas le Chevalier, Kent, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Jordan le Chevaler, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Walter le Chevaler, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ralph Chivaler, Close Rolls, 1 Edward III.
Thomas de Reresby, chivaler. 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1546. Thomas Cheveler, vicar of Stow, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
1805. Married — William Edward Chevalier and Mary Williams: St. George, Hanover Square.
(French-Latin) Cavalier, Gallant, Knight, Horseman [French chevalier; from French cheval, Latin caball-us, a horse]
(French) One who acted as a military servant to the king, a knight; one who held his land of the king in exchange for military service.
French, a knight or horseman. Chivaler was the medieval equivalent of miles. Le Chevaler. H.R.
I.e. Miles. Gaufridus, Richard, Ralph, Walter, Robert Miles, in Normandy, 1180-95 (Mag. Rot. Scac.); Richard Miles, Staffordshire, 1189 (Rot. Pip.); Hugh, Osmond, Reginald Miles in England, c. 1272 (Rot. Hund.); also Jordan and Walter le Chevaler.
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.
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Average Chevalier Salary in
United States
$44,411 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chevalier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chevalier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chevalier occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Chévalier. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chevalier? popularity and diffusion
Chevalier is the 6,585th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,979 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Chevalier live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 416,660th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 425 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 60,261 people, or 1 in 1,102. In France Chevalier is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 13 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent reside. Barring France Chevalier exists in 104 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.
Chevalier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chevalier has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Chevalier surname grew 1,547 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 268 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 140 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Chevalier Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Chevalier surname are 1.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.24% registered with the party.
The amount Chevalier earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 44.57% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,746 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.91% more than the national average, earning R 254,064 per year; in United States they earn 2.92% more than the national average, earning $44,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.75% less than the national average, earning $44,841 CAD per year.
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