The Chaon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 143 people carried this name — #120,901 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 36% from 105 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Chaon.
Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haute-Saône.
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 Chaon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dan Chaon 1964– · novelist
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chaon.
- 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
- Chao 10,398 · U.S. census
- Chap 554 · U.S. census
- Chapas 241 · U.S. census
- Chapdelaine 1,117 · U.S. census
- Chapel 2,293 · U.S. census
- Chapelle 282 · U.S. census
- Chaperon 245 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chaon is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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