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    The surname Chavez

    A Spanish surname, the 83rd most common in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C120

    Chavez: #83 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chavez #83, 250,898 people Chavez: #83 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Chavez #83, 250,898 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chavez is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Chávez, variant of Chaves, from Galician Chaves (“Chaves in Portugal and its castle”).

    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 250,898 people named Chavez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,231 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 185,865.

    #83
    rank among US surnames
    250,898
    people in 2010
    85
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35%
    change since 2000 (was #118)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #74Kelly267,3941,155
    #75Howard264,8261,166
    #76Ramos263,4641,172
    #77Kim262,3521,177
    #78Cox261,2311,182
    #79Ward260,4641,185
    #80Richardson259,7981,188

    Who is named Chavez

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

    93% of people named Chavez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Chavezs

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hugo Chávez
      30th and 33rd President of Venezuela, 1954–2013
    • Paulina Chávez
      American actress, born 2002
    • Andrés Chávez
      Argentine footballer, born 1991
    • Lori Chavez-DeRemer
      American politician (born 1968)
    • Viviana Chávez
      Argentine long-distance runner, born 1987
    • Gabriela Patricia Chávez
      Argentinian association football player, born 1989
    • Lucas Chávez
      Bolivian footballer (born 2003)
    • Jesús Sagredo
      Bolivian association football player, born 1994

    Notable Chavezs come mostly from Argentina (3), the United States (2) and Bolivia (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chavez

    Chavez has the Soundex code C120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C120.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Chavez come from?
    From Spanish Chávez, variant of Chaves, from Galician Chaves (“Chaves in Portugal and its castle”).
    How common is the surname Chavez?
    250,898 people in the United States had the surname Chavez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,231 Americans. It ranked 83rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chavez?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Chavez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chavez?
    Hugo Chávez, 30th and 33rd President of Venezuela, followed by Paulina Chávez.
    Where is the surname Chavez most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chavez in Argentina, the United States and Bolivia and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Chavez getting more or less common?
    More common. 185,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 250,898 in 2010, up 35%.