de Chávez Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
El Salvador

de Chávez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Chávez Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Chavez (20,826) & de Chàvez (1) are calculated separately.

de Chávez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Chávez Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Chávez occurs most in Peru. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: de Chavez or de Chàvez. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Chávez? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 86 percent of de Chávez live; 29 percent live in Central America and 29 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

de Chávez is most frequently occurring in Peru, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 15,892,062. Apart from Peru this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in El Salvador, where 14 percent reside and Guatemala, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Chavez9620,826/
de Chàvez961/
de Chavezc841/
de Chave8210/
de Cavez821/
de Chaves782,288/
De-Chavez787/
de Cahves783/
de Caavez781/
de Chaviz781/
de Chaver781/
de Hove752/
de Schover744/
de Chavess741/
de Chauvet741/
da Chave716/
de Haviz711/
de Haves711/
der Have711/
da Chaves6734/
de Ciaves675/
De-Chaves672/
de Couves671/
de Havess670/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 de Chávez
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