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Chaves

in Oregon

There are 48 people with the last name "Chaves" in Oregon.

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Chaves 7,933
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  1. is 7,929th most common Burrow
  2. is 7,930th most common Canty
  3. is 7,931st most common Casarez
  4. is 7,932nd most common Ceniga
  5. is 7,933rd most common Chaves
  6. is 7,934th most common Collette
  7. is 7,935th most common Concannon
  8. is 7,936th most common Cornutt
  9. is 7,937th most common Crumrine

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Robert, Claudia, Duane, Abundis, Andre, Ann, Avelina, Bob, Byron

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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