Chait: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Sharing the Chait name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Meaning of the name

Chait is a last name with a clear footprint in official records. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one who made outer garments, a tailor”.

Trade names like this once told neighbours apart by their work. The name also appears as Chaitkin and Chaitlen. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Chait with 758 bearers, at rank 30,735.

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