How rare is the last name Chavis?

13,876 people in the United States have the last name Chavis, about 1 in 21,541. It ranks #2,537 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CHAVIS

#2,537

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,876
About
1 in 21,541
This common or more
50.6%
Who bears it

Of the 13,876 people with the last name Chavis, 38.6% reported their origin as Black, 26.9% as White and 20.4% 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 Chavis

#2,535 Gentile · 13,884#2,536 Oswald · 13,878#2,538 Tobias · 13,875#2,539 Ryder · 13,874

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,623 Chaves · 7,444#41,313 Chevis · 568#55,082 Chavies · 403

Also a first name

As a first name, Chavis ranks #15,884 of 53,615, with 718 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1980, with 41 births. See Chavis as a first name

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