Chavéz Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Chavéz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Chavez (1,577,781), Chavèz (5), Chávez (4,618), Chàvez (149), Chävez (3), Çhavez (1) & Chãvez (1) are calculated separately.
Chavéz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chavéz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chavéz is held by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Chavez, Chavèz, Chávez, Chàvez, Chävez, Çhavez or Chãvez. For other potential spellings of Chavéz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chavéz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chavéz is the 3,432,070th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Chavéz reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Hispano-North America.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 7,757,888. In Mexico Chavéz is most prevalent in: Jalisco, where 25 percent reside, Mexico City, where 25 percent reside and Chihuahua, where 6 percent reside. Not including Mexico it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 9 percent reside and Chile, where 6 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chavéz
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