How common is the surname Chaffin?

9,782 people in the United States had the surname Chaffin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,563 Americans. It ranked 3,629th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chaffin?

Ceán Chaffin, American film producer, followed by Jessica Chaffin.

Where is the surname Chaffin most common?

Wikidata records people named Chaffin in the United States.

Is the surname Chaffin getting more or less common?

More common. 9,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,782 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Chaffin

An English nickname surname, carried by 9,782 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chaffin is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Chaffin is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,782 people named Chaffin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,563 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,505.

#3,629

rank among US surnames

9,782

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,441)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,620	Delrio	9,814	31,460
#3,621	Guenther	9,809	31,476
#3,622	Taggart	9,808	31,479
#3,623	Renfro	9,806	31,485
#3,624	Schindler	9,801	31,501
#3,625	Huey	9,800	31,505
#3,626	Clemente	9,797	31,514

Who is named Chaffin

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

89% of people named Chaffin identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chaffins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ceán Chaffin
American film producer, born 1957
Jessica Chaffin
American actress, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Caffyn
Chafen
Chaffins

Surnames that sound like Chaffin

Chaffin has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chaffin come from?: A nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf (“bald”).
How common is the surname Chaffin?: 9,782 people in the United States had the surname Chaffin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,563 Americans. It ranked 3,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chaffin?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Chaffin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chaffin?: Ceán Chaffin, American film producer, followed by Jessica Chaffin.
Where is the surname Chaffin most common?: Wikidata records people named Chaffin in the United States.
What type of surname is Chaffin?: Chaffin is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Chaffin getting more or less common?: More common. 9,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,782 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Chaffin?: Caffyn, Chafen and Chaffins.