The Chanay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 124 people carried this name — #135,593 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 123 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Chanay.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Rhône.
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.
Who carried it
People named Chanay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philibert Chanay 1800–1852 · politician
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Lucien Chanay 1919–2000 · painter
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Larry Chanay 1935–2017 · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chanay.
- Champion 17,527 · U.S. census
- Champoux 661 · U.S. census
- Champy 181 · U.S. census
- Chamu 396 · U.S. census
- Chan 76,664 · U.S. census
- Chana 325 · U.S. census
- Chance 14,256 · U.S. census
- Chancy 1,010 · U.S. census
- Chandler 79,186 · U.S. census
- Chane 204 · U.S. census
- Chanel 137 · U.S. census
- Chaney 33,201 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chanay is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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