The Chevalier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,431 people carried this name — #5,412 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 5,905 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Chevalier surname
A surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Knight.
From chevalier, from cheval+-ier.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chevalier» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 25,090 people named Chevalier.
249 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,616 people named Chevalier 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
630 people named Chevalier live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 319 people named Chevalier 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
41 people named Chevalier is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Chevalier in American newspapers,
1875–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 114,340 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chevalier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Étienne Chevalier 1410–1474 · politician -
Etienne Chevalier 1750–1828 · politician -
Thomas Chevalier 1767–1824 · writer -
Jules Chevalier 1824–1907 · Catholic priest -
Arthur Chevalier 1830–1874 · mechanic
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chevalier.
- Chery 4,027 · U.S. census
- Chesney 4,491 · U.S. census
- Chetcuti 186 · U.S. census
- Chetrit 127 · U.S. census
- Cheung 18,765 · U.S. census
- Cheval 134 · U.S. census
- Chevallier 397 · U.S. census
- Chever 105 · U.S. census
- Chevrette 373 · U.S. census
- Chevrier 414 · U.S. census
- Chiappa 275 · U.S. census
- Chiappe 213 · U.S. census
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