Chavanne surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Chavanne surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 321 people carried this name — #62,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 10% from 291 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,078 people named Chavanne.

43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 43
Rhône 152
Haute-Savoie 148
Loire 146
Paris 92
Doubs 61
Territoire de Belfort 45
Jura 31
Isère 29

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

317 people named Chavanne live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.

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Where they live today

Jura 122
Bern 60
Vaud 46
Geneva 32
Neuchâtel 15
Lucerne 12
Fribourg 10
Basel-Landschaft 9

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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 191 people named Chavanne live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 88
Tucumán 51
City of Buenos Aires 19
Mendoza 19
Neuquén 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Chavanne is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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