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

The last name de Chávez is found most frequently in Peru. It may also be rendered as: de Chavez or de Chàvez. Click here for other possible spellings of de Chávez.

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

The surname de Chávez is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of de Chávez live; 29 percent live in Central America and 29 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

The surname is most common in Peru, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 15,892,062. Apart from Peru this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in El Salvador, where 14 percent are found and Guatemala, where 14 percent are found.

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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