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Chaves

in Pennsylvania

There are 52 people with the last name "Chaves" in Pennsylvania.

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Chaves 22,346
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  1. is 22,342nd most common Ceresini
  2. is 22,343rd most common Ceriani
  3. is 22,344th most common Cesanek
  4. is 22,345th most common Chaudhary
  5. is 22,346th most common Chaves
  6. is 22,347th most common Chesko
  7. is 22,348th most common Chiaro
  8. is 22,349th most common Chrin
  9. is 22,350th most common Christen

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Brigida, Clayton, Jose, Carlos, Fernando, Laura, Maria, Thomas, Betty, Brander

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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