Frequency: (1009)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: 1. from Old French chasse ‘hunt’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a huntsman or possibly, by ellipsis, for a gamekeeper, garde-chasse. 2. (Chassé): habitational name from a place in Sarthe named Chassé, from the Roman personal name Cacius + the locative suffix -acum.
GIVEN NAMES: French 15%. Armand (4), Lucien (4), Andre (3), Emile (3), Adrien (2), Alain (2), Alcide (2), Benoit (2), Fernand (2), Marcel (2), Martial (2), Raoul (2).
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