Chenevier
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃənəvje/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Chenevier is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: hemp, from an agent deriv. of OF cheneve (L cannabis, from Gk; said to be ultimately from Scythian).
- FRFrance≈1 in 103K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.2M
- ESSpain≈1 in 5M
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 172 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 103K (inferred from the name graph)
≈660 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
hemp, from an agent deriv. of OF cheneve (L cannabis, from Gk; said to be ultimately from Scythian). The tough fibres found in the stem of this plant were long used in the manufacture of ropes and canvas. Var.: Chennevier. Cogns.: It.: Caneparo, Canepari (Liguria); Canaparo, Canapa(r)i (central Italy); Canevaro, Canevari (N Italy). Sp.: Canamero. Chenoweth Cornish: habitation name from the elements chy house + noweth new. Var.: Chynoweth.
Sources 2
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chenevier 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.
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); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paul Chenevierb. 1848FRFrench architect
- Charles Chenevierb. 1901FRFrench police officer
- Frédéric Chenevierb. 1965FRFrench politician
- Jocelyn Chenevierb. 1989FRFrench politician
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 124 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 112 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 107 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 99 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 92 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 89 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 85 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 68 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 63 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
Reference works 2
- 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
- How do you pronounce Chenevier?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃənəvje/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Chenevier mean?
- Recorded meaning: hemp, from an agent deriv. of OF cheneve (L cannabis, from Gk; said to be ultimately from Scythian).
- In which country does Chenevier have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 662 people named Chenevier in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chenevier.
- How common is the name Chenevier?
- In Poland, the national register counted 5 people named Chenevier in 2026, about 1 in 7.7 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chenevierThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Chenevier”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.