Chénier Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Chénier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 155 | 1:237,713 | 22,683 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Chenier (6,966) are calculated separately.
Chénier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chénier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chénier is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Chenier. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chénier? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chénier is the 1,359,010th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Chénier are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Gallo-North America.
Chénier is most frequent in Canada, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 237,713. In Canada Chénier is most frequent in: Quebec, where 86 percent reside, Ontario, where 11 percent reside and Alberta, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Canada this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chénier
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