# Chaffin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chaffin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,782 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,629 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,563 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (9,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Caffyn, Chafen, Chaffins |

## Etymology

A nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf (“bald”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chaffin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chaffin in the United States.

## People named Chaffin

- Ceán Chaffin, American film producer
- Jessica Chaffin, American actress

## Similar surnames

Chauvin, Chafin, Chapin, Coffin, Chaban, Caban, Capone, Cobian, Cavin, Capuano, Cabana, Coppin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.