How common is the surname Chastain?

13,655 people in the United States had the surname Chastain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,610 Americans. It ranked 2,637th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chastain?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chastain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chastain?

Jessica Chastain, American actress and producer (born 1977), followed by Brandi Chastain.

Where is the surname Chastain most common?

Wikidata records people named Chastain in the United States.

Is the surname Chastain getting more or less common?

More common. 13,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,655 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Chastain

A French surname, carried by 13,655 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chastain is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Chastain, derived from the Old French chastaigne (“chestnut”).

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 13,655 people named Chastain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,610 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,403.

#2,637

rank among US surnames

13,655

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,469)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,628	Mackenzie	13,733	22,482
#2,629	Briscoe	13,728	22,490
#2,630	Lawton	13,713	22,515
#2,631	Sarmiento	13,710	22,520
#2,632	Brinkley	13,695	22,544
#2,633	Keener	13,687	22,558
#2,634	Askew	13,683	22,564

Who is named Chastain

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

94% of people named Chastain identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chastains

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jessica Chastain
American actress and producer (born 1977)
Brandi Chastain
American soccer player, born 1968
Ross Chastain
American stock car racing driver, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Chasteen
Chestang

Surnames that sound like Chastain

Chastain has the Soundex code C235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C235.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chastain come from?: Borrowed from French Chastain, derived from the Old French chastaigne (“chestnut”).
How common is the surname Chastain?: 13,655 people in the United States had the surname Chastain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,610 Americans. It ranked 2,637th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chastain?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chastain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chastain?: Jessica Chastain, American actress and producer (born 1977), followed by Brandi Chastain.
Where is the surname Chastain most common?: Wikidata records people named Chastain in the United States.
Is the surname Chastain getting more or less common?: More common. 13,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,655 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Chastain?: Chasteen and Chestang.