Cheveux Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Cheveux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 131 | 1:507,044 | 70,604 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Cheveux (10) may also be a first name.
Cheveux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheveux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheveux occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheveux? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheveux is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cheveux reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 507,044. In France Cheveux is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 75 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 8 percent are found and Normandy, where 6 percent are found. Other than France Cheveux exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 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 Cheveux
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