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

Chicoine, 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 Chicoine surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Chicoine in America

Chicoine is the 17789th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Chicoine surname appeared 1,574 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Chicoine.

We can also compare 2010 data for Chicoine 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 Chicoine

The surname Chicoine has its origins in France, tracing back to the medieval period. It is derived from the Old French word "chicoine," which referred to a type of small, pointed broom or brush made from plant fibers. This name likely originated as a descriptive nickname for someone who worked with such brushes or brooms, perhaps a craftsman or a domestic servant.

The earliest recorded instances of the Chicoine name can be found in historical records from the Normandy region of northern France, dating back to the 13th century. One of the earliest documented bearers of this name was Jean Chicoine, a resident of the village of Évreux in the year 1278, as mentioned in the parish registers of the local church.

Throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, the Chicoine surname appeared in various manuscripts and legal documents across Normandy and other parts of northern France. For instance, there is a record of a Pierre Chicoine, a landowner from the city of Rouen, who was involved in a property dispute in 1492, as documented in the archives of the Parlement of Normandy.

As the Chicoine family spread across different regions of France, the spelling of the name evolved slightly, with variations such as Chicoin, Chiquoin, and Chicquoine appearing in historical records. One notable individual bearing this surname was Jacques Chicoine, a merchant and trader from the city of Lyon, who lived in the late 16th century and was mentioned in the city's guild records.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, some members of the Chicoine family migrated to other parts of Europe and even across the Atlantic to the French colonies in North America. One such individual was René Chicoine, born in 1685 in the village of Saint-Malo, Brittany, who later settled in the French colony of Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia, Canada) in the early 1700s.

Another noteworthy figure was Marie-Thérèse Chicoine, a French-Canadian woman born in 1757 in the town of Boucherville, Quebec, who played a role in the resistance against the British during the American Revolutionary War. She is recorded as having provided shelter and assistance to American soldiers and militia members during the conflict.

In more recent centuries, the Chicoine surname has continued to be found among French-Canadian populations, as well as in various parts of France and other francophone regions. One notable bearer of this name was Émile Chicoine, a French painter and artist born in Paris in 1856, who was known for his landscape and genre paintings depicting rural life in France.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Chicoine

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

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 Chicoine 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 Chicoine 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 Chicoine was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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