Chatman Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Here is what public records tell us about the Chatman last name.

• Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Chatman under several forms.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Chatman with 15,473 bearers, at rank 2,355. It sits among the 2,500 most common last names in the country.
• No reliable dictionary entry explains Chatman, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Chatman family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. Research your Chatman family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.