How common is the surname Chauvin?

4,018 people in the United States had the surname Chauvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,841 Americans. It ranked 8,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chauvin?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chauvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chauvin?

Louis Chauvin, American ragtime pianist (1881-1908).

Where is the surname Chauvin most common?

Wikidata records people named Chauvin in the United States.

How do you pronounce Chauvin?

Chauvin is /ˈʃoʊ.vɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Chauvin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,018 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Chauvin

A French surname, carried by 4,018 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃoʊ.vɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex C150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chauvin is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Chauvin.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,018 people named Chauvin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,841 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,881.

#8,246

rank among US surnames

4,018

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,914)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,241	Parkin	4,022	76,764
#8,242	Corrado	4,021	76,783
#8,244	Blatt	4,020	76,802
#8,246	Chauvin	4,018	76,841
#8,248	Durkee	4,017	76,860

Who is named Chauvin

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Chauvin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chauvins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Louis Chauvin
American ragtime pianist (1881-1908)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chauvin

Chauvin has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chauvin come from?: Borrowed from French Chauvin.
How common is the surname Chauvin?: 4,018 people in the United States had the surname Chauvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,841 Americans. It ranked 8,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chauvin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chauvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chauvin?: Louis Chauvin, American ragtime pianist (1881-1908).
Where is the surname Chauvin most common?: Wikidata records people named Chauvin in the United States.
How do you pronounce Chauvin?: Chauvin is /ˈʃoʊ.vɪn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Chauvin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,018 in 2010, up 3.5%.