The surname Chevez
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,870 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C120
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Chévez.
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 1,870 people named Chevez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,105 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,253.
Who is named Chevez
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Chevez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Cheves
Surnames that sound like Chevez
Chevez has the Soundex code C120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C120.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Chevez come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Chévez.
- How common is the surname Chevez?
- 1,870 people in the United States had the surname Chevez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,105 Americans. It ranked 15,625th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chevez?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chevez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Chevez getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,870 in 2010, up 49%.
- What are other spellings of Chevez?
- Cheves.