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    The surname Chavis

    A surname, carried by 14,844 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C120

    Chavis: #2,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Chavis #2,442, 14,844 people Chavis: #2,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chavis #2,442, 14,844 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chavis is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,844 people named Chavis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,799 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,744.

    #2,442
    rank among US surnames
    14,844
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,415)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,433Irving14,89620,727
    #2,434Farrar14,89220,732
    #2,435Power14,89020,735
    #2,436Dent14,87320,759
    #2,438Douglass14,86220,774
    #2,439Lundy14,85020,791
    #2,440Fay14,84920,792

    Who is named Chavis

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

    40% of people named Chavis identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 24% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 24%
    • Two or more races 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Chaviss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tatanka
      American professional wrestler, born 1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chavis

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chavis?
    14,844 people in the United States had the surname Chavis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,799 Americans. It ranked 2,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chavis?
    In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Chavis identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Chavis?
    Tatanka, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Chavis most common?
    Wikidata records people named Chavis in the United States.
    Is the surname Chavis getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,844 in 2010, up 8.0%.