The Chancy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,010 people carried this name — #24,702 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 867 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Chancy surname
An English surname from Old French.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chancy» (English), 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 79 people named Chancy.
Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Corrèze.
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 Chancy,
with a public archive behind them.
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François de Chancy 1600–1656 · composer
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Adeline Magloire Chancy 1931– · politician
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Michel Chancy 1953– · politician
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Myriam J. A. Chancy 1970– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chancy.
- Champy 181 · U.S. census
- Chamu 396 · U.S. census
- Chan 76,664 · U.S. census
- Chana 325 · U.S. census
- Chanay 124 · U.S. census
- Chance 14,256 · 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
- Chanez 289 · U.S. census
- Chang 81,939 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chancy is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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