The Chanel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 137 people carried this name — #125,282 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 144 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Chanel surname
As a given name, principally after Coco Chanel.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chanel» (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 1,364 people named Chanel.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Ain.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
69 people named Chanel live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Chanel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Chanel 1910– · badminton player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chanel.
- Chana 325 · U.S. census
- Chanay 124 · 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
- Chaney 33,201 · U.S. census
- Chanez 289 · U.S. census
- Chang 81,939 · U.S. census
- Chanon 159 · U.S. census
- Chanson 108 · U.S. census
- Chantry 343 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chanel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.