Chagnon is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chagnon
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: Chagne derivative, one of the many variants of the word oak. The Chagnon form originates from the center of France (mainly the departments of Cher and Indre), and thus means a place planted with oaks. Varientes: Chaignon (50, 79), Chaignion.

How popular is Chagnon?

Chagnon is common in France.

Chagnon is ranked 56326 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Chagnon bearers increased by 0.8826584 per cent in 2010 US census to 1943 since 2000, the surname slipped by 893 spots and ranked at 15166. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.34 95.33
Hispanic or Latino 3.09 2.18
Others 1.24 1.35
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.08 0.78
Chagnon is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Canada which signifies that it is originated from Canada. Around 8281 people have been found who wears Chagnon as their family name. Chagnon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,565 Costa Rica8
214,847 Australia4
95,312 Argentina2
20,595 China2
289,511 England1
91,024 Belgium1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
6,033 Benin1
16,228 Bulgaria1
4,249 Cambodia1
36,814 Romania1
118,015 Netherlands1
2,057 Myanmar1
56,169 Mexico1
40,340 Malaysia1
153,416 Italy1
16,640 Hong Kong1
172,258 Germany1
2,232 French Polynesia1
1,819 Laos1
Countries with thousands of Chagnon:
1,287 Canada3,983
13,084 United States2,650
5,196 France1,616
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Comments

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Gregg Brister
 Chagnon is a derivative surname Chagne, topographic name representing the regional variant burgundy, west oak, tree characteristic of the area and its surroundings.

Chagnon Namesakes

  • Cathrine Chagnon, Film producer
  • Christian Chagnon, Olympic athlete
  • Jacques Chagnon, Politician
  • Guylaine Chagnon, Script supervisor
  • Jacques Chagnon, Politician
  • Napoleon Chagnon, Anthropologist
  • Napoleon Chagnon, Anthropologist
  • Napoleon Chagnon, Anthropologist

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