How common is the last name Chavez?

244,201 people in the United States have the last name Chavez, about 1 in 1,224. It ranks #84 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CHAVEZ

#84

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
244,201
About
1 in 1,224
This common or more
15.5%
Who bears it

Of the 244,201 people with the last name Chavez, 92.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.5% as White and 1% as American Indian or Alaska Native. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Chavez

#82 Cox · 249,872#83 Richardson · 249,840#85 Brooks · 244,116#86 James · 243,502

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chavez, most common first.

#4,623 Chaves · 7,444#13,541 Chevez · 2,146#83,936 Chabez · 241

Also a first name

As a first name, Chavez ranks #13,021 of 53,615, with 938 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1992, with 60 births. See Chavez as a first name

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