How common is the surname Chaffee?

6,053 people in the United States had the surname Chaffee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,007 Americans. It ranked 5,729th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chaffee?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chaffee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chaffee?

Adna Chaffee, 2nd Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1842–1914), followed by Suzy Chaffee.

Where is the surname Chaffee most common?

Wikidata records people named Chaffee in the United States.

How do you pronounce Chaffee?

Chaffee is /ˈtʃæfiː/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Chaffee getting more or less common?

More common. 5,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,053 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Chaffee

A French surname, carried by 6,053 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtʃæfiː/ 2 syllables Soundex C100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chaffee is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

From Old French chauf (“bald”), perhaps through Norman.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,053 people named Chaffee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,007 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,788.

#5,729

rank among US surnames

6,053

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,522)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,724	Mulkey	6,061	50,940
#5,725	Funderburk	6,058	50,965
#5,727	Hindman	6,056	50,982
#5,729	Chaffee	6,053	51,007
#5,730	Maupin	6,051	51,024

Who is named Chaffee

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Chaffee identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chaffees

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adna Chaffee
2nd Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1842–1914)
Suzy Chaffee
American ski racer and actress, born 1946
Emory Leon Chaffee
American physicist, 1885–1975
Nancy Chaffee
American tennis player (1929–2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chaffee

Chaffee has the Soundex code C100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C100.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chaffee come from?: From Old French chauf (“bald”), perhaps through Norman.
How common is the surname Chaffee?: 6,053 people in the United States had the surname Chaffee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,007 Americans. It ranked 5,729th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chaffee?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chaffee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chaffee?: Adna Chaffee, 2nd Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1842–1914), followed by Suzy Chaffee.
Where is the surname Chaffee most common?: Wikidata records people named Chaffee in the United States.
How do you pronounce Chaffee?: Chaffee is /ˈtʃæfiː/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Chaffee getting more or less common?: More common. 5,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,053 in 2010, up 4.6%.