The Chacon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 27,982 people carried this name — #1,255 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,500 people counted. That is up 32% from 21,153 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 11,217 people named Chacon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Chacon.
97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
120 people named Chacon live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Chacon is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Chacon in American newspapers,
1886–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,036 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chacon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Augustine Chacon 1861–1902 · sheriff -
Guillem Chacon i Cabas 1966– · naturalist -
Raven Chacon 1977– · composer -
Roxana Chacón 1981– · actor -
Leonardo Chacon 1984– · triathlete -
Dulce Chacon 1906–1982
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 32 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chacon.
- Chaban 407 · U.S. census
- Chabert 216 · U.S. census
- Chable 340 · U.S. census
- Chabot 3,787 · U.S. census
- Chabre 188 · U.S. census
- Chabrier 163 · U.S. census
- Chaffin 9,782 · U.S. census
- Chagnon 1,943 · U.S. census
- Chaille 195 · U.S. census
- Chain 1,380 · U.S. census
- Chair 139 · U.S. census
- Chaix 124 · U.S. census
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