# Chevalier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chevalier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,431 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,412 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,009 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.9% (5,905 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chevalier in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chevalier in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Chevalier

- Tracy Chevalier, American writer
- Haakon Chevalier, American translator, writer and academic (1901–1985)
- Nicholas Chevalier, Australian artist (1828-1902)

## Similar surnames

Cavalier, Cavaliere, Caballero, Cavallaro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.