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Chaves

in Rhode Island

There are 148 people with the last name "Chaves" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Chaves 860
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  1. is 856th most common Stevenson
  2. is 857th most common Coffey
  3. is 858th most common Lachance
  4. is 859th most common Burton
  5. is 860th most common Chaves
  6. is 861st most common Coletta
  7. is 862nd most common Demello
  8. is 863rd most common Flaherty
  9. is 864th most common Hardy

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Jose, Joseph, Maria, David, Mary, Michael, Robert, Anne, Annmarie, Antonio

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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