Le Chanu Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Le Chanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 334 | 1:198,870 | 30,934 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
Le Chanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Le Chanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Le Chanu is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Le Chanu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Le Chanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Le Chanu is the 821,713th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Le Chanu live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Le Chanu is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 334 people, or 1 in 198,870. In France it is primarily found in: Brittany, where 61 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 9 percent reside. Besides France it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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
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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
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