Find out how popular the last name Chevannes is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Chevannes.

Chevannes, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Chevannes surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Chevannes in America

Chevannes is the 97210th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Chevannes surname appeared 187 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Chevannes.

We can also compare 2010 data for Chevannes to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Chevannes

The surname Chevannes has its origins in the French provinces of Burgundy and Île-de-France. It is derived from the Old French word 'chêne,' meaning oak tree, and is believed to have originated as a locational surname, referring to a place where oak trees grew in abundance.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name dates back to the late 12th century, when a certain Robert de Chevannes was mentioned in a charter from the Abbey of Saint-Martin-des-Champs in Paris. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by this time.

During the Middle Ages, the Chevannes family held significant landholdings in the Île-de-France region, with some members serving as knights and vassals to the French monarchy. In the 13th century, a Jean de Chevannes was recorded as a participant in the Seventh Crusade led by King Louis IX.

The name also appears in the Domesday Book, the great land survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. This record mentions a landowner named Radulfus de Chevannes, who held estates in the county of Oxfordshire in England.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the Chevannes name was Claude de Chevannes, a French nobleman and military commander who served under King Henry IV during the French Wars of Religion. He was born in 1545 and died in 1609.

Another prominent individual was Jean-Baptiste Chevannes, a French Jesuit missionary who traveled to Canada in the 17th century to evangelize among the Native American tribes. He was born in 1619 and died in 1692.

In the 18th century, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Comte de Chevannes, was a French diplomat and cardinal who played a significant role in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which ended the Seven Years' War.

During the French Revolution, a member of the Chevannes family, Louis-François de Chevannes, served as a deputy in the Estates-General and later in the National Constituent Assembly. He was born in 1746 and died in 1817.

In the 19th century, the surname Chevannes was also found in the Caribbean region, particularly in Haiti, where a prominent figure named Jean-Baptiste Chevannes was a military leader and politician who played a role in the Haitian Revolution.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Chevannes

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Chevannes.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Chevannes was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Chevannes has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Chevannes was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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