Chastain
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French Chastain.
Proper noun
Chastain (countable and uncountable, plural Chastains)
- A surname from French.
- 2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts[1]:
- The first line of dialogue is from an off-screen Field Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), asking the team to stay in sight and “make NASA proud”.
- An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Georgia, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chastain is the 2637th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13655 individuals. Chastain is most common among White (94.28%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chastain”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320.