Chaffee
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French chauf (“bald”), perhaps through Norman.
Proper noun
[edit]Chaffee (countable and uncountable, plural Chaffees)
- A surname from Old French.
- A city in Scott County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, North Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States.
- A ghost town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chaffee is the 5729th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6053 individuals. Chaffee is most common among White (93.62%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chaffee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Norman
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old French
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in North Dakota, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in North Dakota, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Washington, USA
- en:Places in Washington, USA
- en:Ghost towns in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA