Chacon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Chacón in GT Guatemala and Чакон in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Chacon is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan surname20K records spelled Chacon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Ecuador

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Chacón

• a separate surname18K records spelled Chacon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Bolivia

  Also written Chacón, Chacoń, Chacòn, Chaćon, Chácon

• Swedish surname703 records spelled Chacon7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Denmark

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Chacón

• Polish surname521 records spelled Chacon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Also written Chacón, Ćhàćòñ

• Croatian surname423 records spelled Chacon14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Chacón, Čhäčöň, Chacòn

• Czech surname360 records spelled Chacon9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, Spain

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Chacón, Čhäčöň, Čhâčôň, Chäčöň, Čhâčön

• Finnish surname295 records spelled Chacon5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Chacón, Chacòn

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Augustine Chaconb. 1861MXoutlaw and folk hero of Arizona Territory
• Eddie Chaconb. 1963USAmerican musician
• Marcos Chaconb. 1967ESSpanish bodybuilder
• Raven Chaconb. 1977USNavajo composer and artist (born 1977)
• Salvador Chaconb. 1984MXMexican actor
• Leonardo Chaconb. 1984CRCosta Rican triathlete
• Coralie Chaconb. 1987FRformer artistic gymnast
• Sebastian Chaconb. 1993USactor
• Alexandre Chaconactor
• Marcela ChaconUSassistant professor of clinical family medicine

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 169 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Chacon?

We estimate roughly 120 thousand people bear Chacon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Chacon have the most bearers?

Chacon is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled chacon.

Where is Chacon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Chacon is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 119 people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.

How common is Chacon compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Chacon is the 76th most common surname of 81,476 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Chacon mean?

Recorded meaning: a nickname for a noisy, jolly person, from a word of imi¬ tative origin.