Lachaut Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Lachaut Surname User-submission:
The origine of the surname "Lachaut" with that orthography comes from Neuchatel (Switzerland). The first person we know with that name in France was registered in the village of Cervon (department of Nievre, France) in 1753. His real name was Sebastien Lac Haut, native from Neuchatel (Switzerland).
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Lachaut Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The origine of the surname "Lachaut" with that orthography comes from Neuchatel (Switzerland). The first person we know with that name in France was registered in the village of Cervon (department of Nievre, France) in 1753. His real name was Sebastien Lac Haut, native from Neuchatel (Switzerland). The origin of that surname comes from the lake of Neuchatel which had, on that period, before digging the canal to evacuate the excess (overflow) of water, two periods, one called the "low lake" at the end of summer and autumn, and the other one, the "high lake" (lac haut en french) at the end of winter and spring with 8 meters of variation of the nivel of the water. The french administration transformed that surname Lac Haut en Lachaut.
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Where Does The Last Name Lachaut Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lachaut is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lachaut click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lachaut? popularity and diffusion
Lachaut is the 3,100,440th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Lachaut occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Lachaut live; 43 percent live in Western Europe and 43 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Lachaut is most common in France, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France Lachaut is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 63 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 19 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 6 percent live. Apart from France Lachaut exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 35 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.
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