The Chevrier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 414 people carried this name — #50,467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 13% from 367 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Chevrier surname
A French surname originating as an occupation.
From chevrier, from chèvre+-ier.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chevrier» (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 4,384 people named Chevrier.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 87 départements, most often Vosges.
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
225 people named Chevrier live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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.
Who carried it
People named Chevrier,
with a public archive behind them.
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François-Antoine Chevrier 1721–1762 · writer -
Jules Chevrier 1816–1883 · painter -
Antoine Chevrier 1826–1879 · Catholic priest -
François Chevrier d. 1827 · farmer
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François Chevrier d. 1827 · farmer
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Philippe Chevrier d. 1492 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chevrier.
- Cheung 18,765 · U.S. census
- Cheval 134 · U.S. census
- Chevalier 6,431 · U.S. census
- Chevallier 397 · U.S. census
- Chever 105 · U.S. census
- Chevrette 373 · U.S. census
- Chiappa 275 · U.S. census
- Chiappe 213 · U.S. census
- Chiappini 360 · U.S. census
- Chiara 521 · U.S. census
- Chiaramonte 1,282 · U.S. census
- Chiarelli 663 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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