Chaffee

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Chaffee (countable and uncountable, plural Chaffees)

1. A surname from Old French.
2. A city in Scott County, Missouri, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Cass County, North Dakota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States.
5. A ghost town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Chaffee County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chaffee is the 5729^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6053 individuals. Chaffee is most common among White (93.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chaffee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314.