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    The surname Chevalier

    A surname, carried by 6,431 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C146

    Chevalier: #5,412 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chevalier #5,412, 6,431 people Chevalier: #5,412 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chevalier #5,412, 6,431 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chevalier is more common than 96.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,431 people named Chevalier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,009 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,905.

    #5,412
    rank among US surnames
    6,431
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,426)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,403Payan6,44347,920
    #5,404Messick6,44147,934
    #5,405Abercrombie6,43947,949
    #5,407Marker6,43847,957
    #5,408Krantz6,43647,972
    #5,410Groth6,43447,987
    #5,411Yepez6,43347,994

    Who is named Chevalier

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

    72% of people named Chevalier identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Chevaliers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tracy Chevalier
      American writer, born 1962
    • Haakon Chevalier
      American translator, writer and academic (1901–1985)
    • Nicholas Chevalier
      Australian artist (1828-1902)

    Notable Chevaliers come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chevalier

    Chevalier has the Soundex code C146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C146.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chevalier?
    6,431 people in the United States had the surname Chevalier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,009 Americans. It ranked 5,412th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chevalier?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Chevalier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chevalier?
    Tracy Chevalier, American writer, followed by Haakon Chevalier.
    Where is the surname Chevalier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chevalier in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Chevalier getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,431 in 2010, up 8.9%.