Chatelain is used as a family name or surname in Switzerland. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chatelain
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Switzerland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Chatelain

How popular is Chatelain?

Chatelain is common in Switzerland.

Chatelain is ranked 33915 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Chatelain bearers increased by 4.945799 per cent in 2010 US census to 1549 since 2000, the surname slipped by 452 spots and ranked at 18018. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.44 85.98
Black 12.33 8.88
Hispanic or Latino 2.52 2.71
Others 1.36 1.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.41
Chatelain is quite popular family name mostly used in France while New Caledonia is ahead in terms of density. Around 14680 people have been found who wears Chatelain as their family name. Chatelain is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
1,654 Haiti5
3,904 Ivory Coast4
14,054 China3
1,141 Mongolia3
124,220 Italy2
18,035 Egypt2
1,472 The Bahamas2
4,302 Benin2
14,521 Portugal2
1,136 Mali2
28,232 Morocco2
6,266 Luxembourg2
17,768 Pakistan1
29,046 Japan1
169,904 Brazil1
107,212 South Africa1
13,606 Senegal1
14,373 Jordan1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
1,819 Laos1
49,101 Denmark1
16,640 Hong Kong1
34,581 Chile1
7,895 South Korea1
2,232 French Polynesia1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
26,164 Sweden36
58,436 Spain30
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,891 England81
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Chatelain:
5,189 Canada847
17,266 Argentina314
5,769 Belgium312
34,330 Germany303
14,022 Mexico288
3,381 Dominican Republic144
167 New Caledonia103
Countries with thousands of Chatelain:
606 France8,817
15,834 United States2,107
681 Switzerland1,179
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

58 years old traveler Pierre Chatelain who was residing in Bologna, Italy migrated to USA on October 14, 1889 by P. Caland put out from Amsterdam & Bologne.

Chatelain Namesakes

  • Jérémy Chatelain, Singer
  • Jérémy Chatelain, Singer
  • Christine Chatelain, Film actress
  • Annily Chatelain, Alizée's daughter
  • Christine Chatelain, Film actress
  • Clara de Chatelain, Writer
  • Gael Chatelain, Musical Artist
  • Gael Chatelain, Musical Artist
  • Christine Chatelain, Film actress
  • Hélène Chatelain, Actress

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