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Surname Family Tree Diagrams Surname Facts Historical Statistics Recent Statistics Famous Family Members to 1840 to 1900 to 1945 to Present Family Trees: Chaffe, Chaffey, Chaffee, Chafy, Chafe Chaffe/Chaffey Lineage in England from 1016 Chaffee/Chafee Lineage in America from 1637 Chafe Lineage in Canada from 1705

In the 192.com 2003 UK Electoral Roll the following is the breakdown of the Chaffe surname (plus variations) by Shire.

Table 9. Surname Distribution by UK Shire 
 plus variations (2003 Electoral Roll)

UK Shire	Chaffey	Chaffe	Chaffin	Chafe	Chafey	Chaffee	Chafee	Total	Percent
Dorset	82	5	2	2				91	16%
Hampshire	28	8	9	5		1		51	9%
Cornwall	2	33	17					52	9%
Surrey	12	29	2		1			44	8%
Kent	23	14	6					43	7%
Somerset	29	3	9					41	7%
London	12	12	13	2		2		41	7%
Devon	12	24						36	6%
Essex	19	13	4					36	6%
Hertfordshire	29	1						30	5%
Cheshire	1	12		9		1		23	4%
Middlesex	5	18						23	4%
Worcestershire	5	10						15	3%
East Sussex	13	1			1			15	3%
West Sussex	6	2						8	1%
Derbyshire	6			1				7	1%
Norfolk	2	5						7	1%
Suffolk	7							7	1%
Berkshire	2	3						5	1%
Lancashire	5		2					5	1%
Wiltshire	4	1						5	1%
Other	19	17	0	1	16	0	0	53	9%
Total	323	211	64	20	18	4	0	576
Percent	56%	37%	11%	3%	3%	1%	0%	100%	100%
2003 Roll Update (March 2005)  Chaffin added Nov 2005
Total	484	311		57	18	1	0	871
Percent	56%	36%		7%	2%	0%	0%	100%	100%

In the UK Phonebook for 2005 the following is the breakdown of the Chaffe surname (plus variations).

Table 9a. Surname Distribution
 Telephone Directory Search (2005)

Phone Area	Chaffey	Chaffe	Chafe	Total	Percent
Cornwall	1	20	0	21	3%
Plymouth	1	20	0	21	3%
Torquay	6	30	0	36	5%
Exeter	22	33	0	55	8%
Taunton	27	6	0	33	5%
Gloucester	21	6	0	27	4%
Coventry	1	1	1	3	0%
Bristol	11	3	0	14	2%
Bath	27	6	0	33	5%
Dorchester	50	16	1	67	10%
Southampton	9	1	12	22	3%
Swindon	33	8	12	53	8%
Bournemouth	29	3	1	33	5%
Salisbury	54	7	13	74	11%
London	38	18	0	56	8%
Reading	12	6	0	18	3%
Guildford	19	9	1	29	4%
Oxford	13	4	0	17	3%
Hemel, Hempstead	15	4	0	19	3%
Redhill	11	7	0	18	3%
Brighton	9	0	1	10	1%
Dover, Tonbridge	11	0	0	11	2%
Medway	10	0	0	10	1%
Total	430	208	42	680	100%
Percent	63%	31%	6%	100%

In the Infospace Telephone directory for 2005 the following is the breakdown of the Chaffe surname (plus variations).

Table 9b. Surname Distribution
 Telephone Directory Search (2005)

	Chaffey	Chaffe	Chaffin	Chafe	Chaff	Chafy	Chafey	Chaffee	Chaffy	Chafin	Chafee	Total
Total	144	80	31	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	280
Percent	51%	29%	11%	8%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%

In the UK, the following are the most popular surnames starting with "Chaf":

Surname	Rank	# of People
Chaffin	2,564	2,600
Chafin	4,699	1,300

From the US Census Bureau, the following are the most popular surnames from the starting with "Chaf".  It ranks all major US family surname from the 1990 US census out of 88,799 surnames.  Chaffin is 0.004% of all the US surnames.  The most popular surnames are Smith, Johnson, Williams and Jones.  Other US Surnames  with the letters "chaf" include: Schafer, Schaffer, Schaffner, Schaff, Schaffhauser, Schaffert, Mchaffie, Chafetz, Chaffer, Schaf, Schaffter, Schaffeld, Schaffel, Schafersman, Herschaft. The 1990 US Population was 248,709,873

Table 10. US Chaffee Surname
Population (1990 Census - 

Surname	% of Pop	Rank	# of People
Chaffin	0.004	3,286	9,948
Chafin	0.004	5,506	4,974
Chaffee	0.002	6,928	4,974
Chaffins	0.001	10,795	2,487
Chafins	0	34,078
Chaffey	0	58,041
Chafe	0	86,879
Chafee	0	not ranked	not ranked

In the Continental US, from an Internet telephone directory listings, the Chaffee surname is by far the most prevalent (84%). The states with the highest percentages are Vermont, followed by New Hampshire and then Rhode Island. Combined for all the surnames, the state with the highest percentages are Vermont followed by Rhode Island and then Maine. Barrington, Rhode Island, the final homestead of Thomas Chaffee has 20% of the R.I. Chaffee listings, with Providence at 18% and Warwick (to the southwest) at 27%.   There are also 

Table 11. Surname Distribution by US State - plus variations (Dec 2003)

State	Chaffee	Chafee	Chaffey	Chafe	Chaffe	Chafey	Population	% Chaffee
Vermont	138	5	1	3	1	0	608,827	0.023%
New Hampshire	58	1	0	7	1	0	1,235,786	0.005%
Rhode Island	45	24	0	0	1	0	1,048,319	0.004%
Montana	38	0	6	0	0	0	902,195	0.004%
Massachusetts	238	6	0	45	8	5	6,349,097	0.004%
Maine	47	11	12	2	0	0	1,274,923	0.004%
Kansas	95	1	0	0	0	0	2,688,418	0.004%
Minnesota	165	10	3	0	6	0	4,919,479	0.003%
North Dakota	21	0	0	0	0	0	642,200	0.003%
Michigan	321	1	0	2	2	0	9,938,444	0.003%
Idaho	35	0	3	0	2	0	1,293,953	0.003%
Colorado	110	9	4	7	1	1	4,301,261	0.003%
Washington	119	9	18	16	8	0	5,894,121	0.002%
Connecticut	68	7	1	0	0	0	3,405,565	0.002%
Oregon	67	0	14	1	0	0	3,421,399	0.002%
New York	341	26	2	4	3	1	18,976,457	0.002%
Wisconsin	95	0	14	2	0	0	5,363,675	0.002%
South Dakota	13	0	0	0	0	0	754,844	0.002%
Indiana	96	4	1	0	4	14	6,080,485	0.002%
Arizona	80	0	5	2	0	0	5,130,632	0.002%
Missouri	82	0	3	0	0	0	5,595,211	0.001%
Ohio	164	5	0	16	5	0	11,353,140	0.001%
Nevada	27	2	7	0	0	0	1,998,257	0.001%
Pennsylvania	164	4	9	0	4	4	12,281,054	0.001%
New Mexico	24	0	1	0	2	0	1,819,046	0.001%
Florida	204	7	6	10	12	10	15,982,378	0.001%
Alaska	7	2	0	0	2	0	626,932	0.001%
Wyoming	5	11	1	0	0	0	493,782	0.001%
Nebraska	17	0	0	0	0	0	1,711,263	0.001%
Oklahoma	34	0	5	0	0	0	3,450,654	0.001%
California	323	18	49	34	10	23	33,871,648	0.001%
Utah	21	2	2	0	1	0	2,233,169	0.001%
North Carolina	64	7	4	2	0	2	8,049,313	0.001%
Mississippi	22	2	0	0	3	0	2,844,658	0.001%
Arkansas	17	1	5	0	1	0	2,673,400	0.001%
Illinois	73	7	0	0	0	1	12,419,293	0.001%
Iowa	17	1	2	1	3	0	2,926,324	0.001%
Virginia	41	13	0	2	5	2	7,078,515	0.001%
Maryland	29	3	3	2	2	6	5,296,486	0.001%
Texas	112	3	6	5	13	0	20,851,820	0.001%
District Of Columbia	3	1	1	0	0	0	572,059	0.001%
Tennessee	28	3	3	0	0	6	5,689,283	0.000%
Georgia	36	4	1	0	0	0	8,186,453	0.000%
Delaware	3	0	0	0	0	0	783,600	0.000%
South Carolina	14	1	4	0	1	1	4,012,012	0.000%
Kentucky	14	4	0	2	0	0	4,041,769	0.000%
New Jersey	26	0	2	9	1	13	8,414,350	0.000%
West Virginia	5	0	0	0	0	0	1,808,344	0.000%
Alabama	12	1	0	0	1	0	4,447,100	0.000%
Louisiana	9	0	0	2	2	0	4,468,976	0.000%
Total	3787	216	198	176	105	89	280,210,369	0.001%
Percent	82%	5%	4%	4%	2%	2%	4571

The following statistics are based on telephone numbers registered on internet directory services and do not include other variations in the Chafe name.  The Year indicates the earliest recorded arrival of the Chafe surname in the country, state or province from the Internet Genealogy Service.   

Table 12. Chafe Surnames Worldwide - "exact spelling" (Dec 2003)

Location	Listings	%	Year		Location	Listings	%	Year
Newfoundland	305	43%	1700		Massachusetts	45	6%	1763
Ontario	106	15%			California	34	5%
Nova Scotia	29	4%			Washington	16	2%	1850
Alberta	27	4%			Ohio	16	2%
British Columbia	20	3%			Florida	10	1%
Manitoba	5	1%			New Jersey	9	1%
Quebec	4	1%			New Hampshire	7	1%
Saskatchewan	2	0%			Colorado	7	1%
New Brunswick	2	0%			Texas	5	1%
Canada Total	500	71%			New York	4	1%	1787
					Vermont	3	1%	1788
					Maine	2	0%
UK	71	3%			Maryland	2	0%
Australia	5	1%	1890		North Carolina	2	0%
New Zealand	1	0%			Arizona	2	1%
Barbados			1860		Michigan	2	0%
South Africa	0				Other	10
					US Total	176	25%
Worldwide Total	702	100%

From the Canada 411 Telephone Directory the following is the breakdown of Chafe surname (exact spelling) by city.

Table 13. Chafe Surname Distribution by
CDN City (Dec 2003)

City	Province	Chafe	Percent
St John's	Newfoundland	141	29%
Petty Harbour	Newfoundland	44	9%
Goulds	Newfoundland	17	3%
Mount Pearl	Newfoundland	16	3%
Maddox Cove	Newfoundland	15	3%
Calgary	Alberta	11	2%
Scarborough	Ontario	9	2%
Toronto	Ontario	8	2%
Long Pond	Newfoundland	7	1%
Paradise	Newfoundland	7	1%
Dartmouth	Nova Scotia	6	1%
Edmonton	Alberta	6	1%
Harbour Grace	Newfoundland	6	1%
Sarnia	Ontario	6	1%
Ajax	Ontario	5	1%
Other		185	38%
Total		489	100%

From the Canada 411 Telephone Directory the following is the breakdown of the Chafe surname (plus variations) by province.

Table 14. Surname Distribution by Canadian Province - plus variations (Dec 2003)

Province	Chaffee	Chafee	Chaffey	Chafey	Chafe	Chaffe	Chaif	Chaffin	Chafin	Chafy	Total	Percent	2001 Census	% of Pop
Newfoundland			60		305						365	48%	512,930	0.071%
Nova Scotia			22		29						51	7%	908,007	0.006%
Ontario	5	11	47	2	106	28	10			1	200	26%	11,410,146	0.002%
Alberta	18		16		27	1		7			69	9%	2,974,807	0.002%
British Columbia	10		5		20	2	5	2	1		40	5%	3,907,738	0.001%
Manitoba	1				5						6	1%	1,119,583	0.001%
New Brunswick			5		2						7	1%	729,498	0.001%
Quebec	4		6		4		13				14	2%	7,237,479	0.000%
Saskatchewan			1		2						3	0%	978,933	0.000%
Total	38	11	162	2	500	31	28	9	1	1	755	100%	29,779,121	0.003%
	5%	1%	21%	0%	66%	4%		1%	0%	0%	100%

From the White Pages Australia telephone directory, the following is the breakdown of the Chaffey surname (plus variations) by State.

Table 15. Surname Distribution by Australian State - plus variations (Dec 2003)

State	Chaffee	Chafee	Chaffey	Chafe	Chaffe	Total	Percent
Capital			8			8	6%
New South Wales			33	1	4	38	27%
Northern Territory			4	1		5	4%
Queensland			20	1	1	22	15%
South Australia			8			8	6%
Tasmania			22			22	15%
Victoria	1		29	1	1	31	22%
Western Australia			6	1	1	8	6%
Total	1	0	130	5	7	142	100%
Percent	1%	0%	92%	4%	5%	1

Based on internet telephone directory listings, the worldwide distribution of the Chafe family surname is as follows.  Note: this does not represent the number of individuals with these surnames as there are more family members than listings.

Table 16. Worldwide Chaffee/Chaffey/Chafe/Chaffe/Chafee/Chafey 
Surname Distribution (Apr 2004)

Country	Chaffee	Chaffey	Chafe	Chaffe	Chafee	Chafey	Total	Percent
United States	3787	198	176	105	216	89	4571	72%
England	1	484	57	311	0	18	871	14%
Canada	38	162	500	31	11	2	744	12%
Australia	1	130	5	7	0	0	143	2%
New Zealand	0	45	2	5	0	0	52	1%
South Africa	0	3	0	3	0	0	6	0%
Total	3827	1022	720	462	227	109	6387	100%
Percent	60%	16%	11%	7%	4%	2%	100%

Country	Surname	Number	Percent
United States	Chaffee	3787	59%
Canada	Chafe	500	8%
England	Chaffey	484	8%
England	Chaffe	311	5%
United States	Chafee	216	3%
United States	Chaffey	198	3%
United States	Chafe	176	3%
Canada	Chaffey	162	3%
Australia	Chaffey	130	2%
United States	Chaffe	105	2%
All Others		318	5%
Total		6387	100%

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January 02, 2006