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 occurs more in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Chenier. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chénier? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,359,010th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Chénier live; 98 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Gallo-North America.
The last name Chénier is most widely held in Canada, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 237,713. In Canada Chénier is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 86 percent live, Ontario, where 11 percent live and Alberta, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Canada this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
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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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