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Chaves

in Texas

There are 330 people with the last name "Chaves" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Chaves 5,759
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  1. is 5,755th most common Woolf
  2. is 5,756th most common Barreto
  3. is 5,757th most common Beaman
  4. is 5,758th most common Boettcher
  5. is 5,759th most common Chaves
  6. is 5,760th most common Fryar
  7. is 5,761st most common Jessup
  8. is 5,762nd most common Lauer
  9. is 5,763rd most common Merryman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Jose, Maria, Juan, Jesus, David, Mario, Alberto, Ana, Dan, Edgar

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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