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Chaves

in California

There are 708 people with the last name "Chaves" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Chaves 3,763
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  1. is 3,759th most common Gentile
  2. is 3,760th most common Jeffery
  3. is 3,761st most common Stauffer
  4. is 3,762nd most common Tharp
  5. is 3,763rd most common Chaves
  6. is 3,764th most common Herr
  7. is 3,765th most common Loyd
  8. is 3,766th most common Niles
  9. is 3,767th most common Alley

Similar Names and Nicknames

Chavez, Chavis, Chavarria, Chavira, Chavers, Chavarin, Chavous, Chaviano, Chevez, Chavera

Most Common First Names for Chaves

John, Jose, Maria, Carlos, Luis, Juan, Manuel, Michael, Jesus, Anthony

Meaning & History

Portuguese: habitational name from a place in the province of Trasos-Montes named Chaves, from Latin (aquis) Flaviis, ‘(at the) waters of Flavius’. The place was the site of sulfurous springs with supposedly health-giving properties, around which a settlement was founded in the 1st century AD by the Emperor Vespasian.

Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Chaves, generally from the plural of chave ‘key’, from Latin clavis.

Variant of Irish and English Chivers. Compare Chavers.

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