The Chauvet surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 188 people carried this name — #91,004 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,890 people named Chauvet.
96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Vendée.
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
145 people named Chauvet live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chauvet.
- Chatigny 195 · U.S. census
- Chau 13,238 · U.S. census
- Chaudhry 3,675 · U.S. census
- Chaumont 292 · U.S. census
- Chausse 558 · U.S. census
- Chaussee 468 · U.S. census
- Chauvette 250 · U.S. census
- Chauvin 3,881 · U.S. census
- Chavanne 291 · U.S. census
- Chavannes 165 · U.S. census
- Chavarin 1,705 · U.S. census
- Chavas 107 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chauvet 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.