Last name: CHASTAIN
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CHASTAIN : This last name is indexed 48,163 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CHASTAIN : French:: 1: (southern): variant of Chastang.2: nickname from Old French chastain ‘chestnut’ (a nut) possibly for someone with chestnut-colored hair. Compare Chasteen Chesteen Chastine and Shasteen.
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