The Chretien surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,400 people carried this name — #18,278 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,326 people named Chretien.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
129 people named Chretien live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Chretien 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chretien.
- Choplin 450 · U.S. census
- Choppin 111 · U.S. census
- Choque 124 · U.S. census
- Chou 7,885 · U.S. census
- Chouteau 210 · U.S. census
- Choy 5,116 · U.S. census
- Christ 6,985 · U.S. census
- Christal 408 · U.S. census
- Christe 283 · U.S. census
- Christel 484 · U.S. census
- Christen 3,475 · U.S. census
- Christensen 71,144 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chretien is.
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