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    The surname Chavarria

    A Spanish surname, carried by 18,492 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C160

    Chavarria: #1,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Chavarria #1,953, 18,492 people Chavarria: #1,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chavarria #1,953, 18,492 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chavarria is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Chavarria, from Basque Txabarria.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 18,492 people named Chavarria in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,696 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,093.

    #1,953
    rank among US surnames
    18,492
    people in 2010
    6.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,534)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,944Sands18,58416,614
    #1,945Queen18,55716,638
    #1,946Ledford18,53216,660
    #1,947Allred18,52616,666
    #1,948Bledsoe18,51016,680
    #1,949Rhoades18,50816,682
    #1,950Ricks18,50616,684

    Who is named Chavarria

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Chavarria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Chavarrias

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Casiano Chavarría
      Bolivian footballer, born 1901

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chavarria

    Chavarria has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chavarria come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Chavarria, from Basque Txabarria.
    How common is the surname Chavarria?
    18,492 people in the United States had the surname Chavarria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,696 Americans. It ranked 1,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chavarria?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chavarria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chavarria?
    Casiano Chavarría, Bolivian footballer.
    Where is the surname Chavarria most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chavarria in Bolivia.
    Is the surname Chavarria getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,492 in 2010, up 41%.