The Chanez surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 238 people carried this name — #75,466 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 167 people named Chanez.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Doubs.
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
130 people named Chanez live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chanez.
- Chance 13,586 · U.S. census
- Chancy 867 · U.S. census
- Chandler 76,114 · U.S. census
- Chane 220 · U.S. census
- Chanel 144 · U.S. census
- Chaney 32,433 · U.S. census
- Chang 69,756 · U.S. census
- Chanon 153 · U.S. census
- Chanson 114 · U.S. census
- Chantry 334 · U.S. census
- Chao 8,633 · U.S. census
- Chaon 105 · U.S. census
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