Last name: CHAIN
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CHAIN : This last name is indexed 28,775 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CHAIN : 1: Altered form of Scottish (of Norman origin) Chiene: habitational name from Quesney a place in Manche France.2: French: from Old French chain a device for catching birds possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher or a hunter.
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