Chestang

English

Etymology

Altered variant of Chastain.

Proper noun

Chestang (plural Chestangs)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chestang is the 39281^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 560 individuals. Chestang is most common among Black/African American (51.25%), White (28.93%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (12.14%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chestang”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 324.