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chestnut Name Meaning and History

English: from early English chesten nut ‘chestnut’ (from Middle English chesteine ‘chestnut’ + nut), a topographic name for someone who lived by a chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-colored hair.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The chestnut name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the chestnut family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of chestnut Families in the US in 1920
Number of chestnut families
 64-126
 22-63		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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