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Chaves

in New Mexico

There are 149 people with the last name "Chaves" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

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Chaves 1,110
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  1. is 1,106th most common Ewing
  2. is 1,107th most common Giles
  3. is 1,108th most common Avery
  4. is 1,109th most common Becerra
  5. is 1,110th most common Chaves
  6. is 1,111th most common Combs
  7. is 1,112th most common Holder
  8. is 1,113th most common Hull
  9. is 1,114th most common Leslie

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Mary, Jimmy, Linda, Max, Samuel, Thomas, Andriena, Christina, Dale, Dennis

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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Mary Chaves, NM (8 searches)
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