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The CHASTAIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 13,403 2469 0.005 50
United States (1880 census) 1,566 3695 0.003 31
Change since 1880 +11837 +1226 +0.002 +19
Other Countries
Australia 3 196226 0 0
United Kingdom 2 34912 0 0
Top States for CHASTAIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 2,763 357 0.034 338
Indiana 912 779 0.015 150
Texas 906 2557 0.004 43
South Carolina 863 754 0.022 215
California 859 3515 0.003 25
Top States for CHASTAIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 2,763 357 0.034 338
South Carolina 863 754 0.022 215
Arkansas 420 848 0.016 157
Indiana 912 779 0.015 150
Alabama 562 1303 0.013 126

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CHASTAIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CHASTAIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CHASTAIN in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CHASTAIN by picking someone at random in Georgia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CHASTAIN

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: France

Language of origin: French

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CHASTAIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CHASTAIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 194 1.45
White (Hispanic) 185 1.38
Native American/Alaskan 110 0.82
Black/African American 72 0.54
Asian/Pacific 42 0.31
White (Caucasian) 12,801 95.51

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CHASTAIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CHASTAIN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CHASTAIN.

Similar names to CHASTAIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHASTAIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CHASTAIN

The following words are slight variants of CHASTAIN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.