Chevaliere Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Chevaliere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chevaliere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France91:7,380,302306,885
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Chevalière (1) are calculated separately.

Chevaliere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chevaliere is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Chevalière. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chevaliere? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Chevaliere live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 7,380,302. In France Chevaliere is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 78 percent reside, Grand Est, where 11 percent reside and Normandy, where 11 percent reside. Beside France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Chevaliere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Chevaliere has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chevaliere last name decreased 67 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
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  • 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 Chevaliere
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