Chaffin Family History
Chaffin Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): descriptive nickname for a bald man,
from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French
chauf ‘bald’ (Latin calvus).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Chaffin Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chaffin families
 30 - 57  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chaffin census records
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Chaffin Family Origin
Chaffin Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Chaffin Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Chaffin
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