The Chabot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,787 people carried this name — #8,676 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,677 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Chabot surname
Chabot: a surname transferred from the nickname, originating from the Poitou region of France.
Possibly from chabot, originating as a nickname for a person with a large head.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chabot» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,638 people named Chabot.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Vendée.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 164 people named Chabot live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Chabot live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Chabot in American newspapers,
1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,027 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chabot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philippe de Chabot 1492–1543 · politician -
Henri Chabot 1616–1655 -
Louis-Marie-Bretagne de Rohan-Chabot 1710–1791 · military personnel -
Louis-Antoine de Rohan-Chabot 1733–1807 · military officer -
François Chabot 1756–1794 · politician -
Gaibraud Chabot d. 1197 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chabot.
- Cetin 366 · U.S. census
- Ceylan 304 · U.S. census
- Cha 9,732 · U.S. census
- Chaban 407 · U.S. census
- Chabert 216 · U.S. census
- Chable 340 · U.S. census
- Chabre 188 · U.S. census
- Chabrier 163 · U.S. census
- Chacon 27,982 · U.S. census
- Chaffin 9,782 · U.S. census
- Chagnon 1,943 · U.S. census
- Chaille 195 · U.S. census
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