Chauvin
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Chauvin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority).
- FRFrance≈1 in 4.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 83K
- LALaos≈1 in 2.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 308 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈140,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Laos, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chauvin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Chauvin | 3 |
| FR France | #204 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | 2K | Chauvin | 308 |
| US United States | — | 4,018 | 1 in 83K | 4K | Chauvin | 222 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Chauvin | 5 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Chauvin | 4 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Chauvin | 81 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Chauvin is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Soit de (Le) Chauvin, nom de plusieurs localités en France, soit un dérivé de chauve.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Dans La Cocarde tricolore , pièce de théâtre (1831) de Th. et Hippolyte Coignard, apparaît le personnage de Nicolas Chauvin, soldat de la République et de l’Empire qui va devenir le prototype du patriote borné et fanatique. La représentation de Chauvin par les gravures de Charlet a contribué à populariser le personnage.
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pierre-Athanase Chauvinb. 1774FRFrench painter (1774-1832)
- Jeanne Chauvinb. 1862FRFrench jurist and lawyer (1862-1926)
- Louis Chauvinb. 1881USAmerican ragtime pianist (1881-1908)
- Remy Chauvinb. 1913FRFrench entomologist (1913–2009)
- Lilyan Chauvinb. 1925FRFrench-American actress (1925–2008)
- Yves Chauvinb. 1930FRFrench chemist (1930–2015)
- Landry Chauvinb. 1968FRFrench association football manager (born 1968)
- Ingrid Chauvinb. 1973FRFrench actress
- Derek Chauvinb. 1976USEuropean American former police officer who murdered George Floyd
- Julien Chauvinb. 1979FRFrench music director and violinist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4K | #8,246 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4K | #7,972 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.9K | #7,914 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 2.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 2.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 2.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 2.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 2.3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 2.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 1.7K | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Chauvin mean, and where does it come from?
- jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Chauvin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 139 thousand people named Chauvin in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chauvin.
- How common is the name Chauvin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,018 people named Chauvin in 2010, about 1 in 83 thousand residents.
- How common is Chauvin compared with other names?
- In France, Chauvin is the 204th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chauvinThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chauvin” — the 204th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.