The Chatelain surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,476 people carried this name — #17,566 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,132 people named Chatelain.
74 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Paris.
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
956 people named Chatelain live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 65 people named Chatelain live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chatelain.
- Chastang 470 · U.S. census
- Chastant 198 · U.S. census
- Chatagnier 369 · U.S. census
- Chateau 192 · U.S. census
- Chateauneuf 173 · U.S. census
- Chatel 305 · U.S. census
- Chatelle 184 · U.S. census
- Chatellier 162 · U.S. census
- Chater 149 · U.S. census
- Chatigny 195 · U.S. census
- Chau 13,238 · U.S. census
- Chaudhry 3,675 · U.S. census
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