The Chiasson surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,499 people carried this name — #9,301 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,399 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Chiasson surname
From Chiasso + -on; From Italian Chiasso, from Lombard Ciass.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chiasson» (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 84 people named Chiasson.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Charente-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Chiasson in American newspapers,
1920–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,662 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chiasson,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anselme Chiasson 1911–2004 · historian -
Herménégilde Chiasson 1946– · screenwriter -
Dan Chiasson 1971– · poet -
Alex Chiasson 1990– · ice hockey player -
Hubert Lenoir 1994– · actor -
Livain Chiasson 1892–1987 · priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 31 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chiasson.
- Chiara 521 · U.S. census
- Chiaramonte 1,282 · U.S. census
- Chiarelli 663 · U.S. census
- Chiarello 1,460 · U.S. census
- Chiari 293 · U.S. census
- Chiarini 157 · U.S. census
- Chiaverini 319 · U.S. census
- Chico 3,308 · U.S. census
- Chicoine 1,574 · U.S. census
- Chicon 112 · U.S. census
- Chier 127 · U.S. census
- Chierici 136 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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