How common is the surname Chavira?

8,573 people in the United States had the surname Chavira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,014 Americans. It ranked 4,135th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Chavira getting more or less common?

More common. 6,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,573 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Chavira

A surname, carried by 8,573 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chavira is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Chavarria.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,573 people named Chavira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,014 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,507.

#4,135

rank among US surnames

8,573

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+31.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,961)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901
#4,127	Calabrese	8,599	35,905
#4,128	Matheny	8,595	35,922
#4,129	Yuan	8,588	35,951
#4,130	Harbin	8,587	35,955
#4,131	Molnar	8,586	35,959
#4,132	Gough	8,584	35,968

Who is named Chavira

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

95% of people named Chavira identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Two or more races 0.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chavira

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

Questions

Where does the surname Chavira come from?: Variant of Chavarria.
How common is the surname Chavira?: 8,573 people in the United States had the surname Chavira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,014 Americans. It ranked 4,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chavira?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Chavira identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Chavira getting more or less common?: More common. 6,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,573 in 2010, up 32%.