Surname Checker / Chavez
How Common Is the Last Name Chavez?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Chavez today
277,800
Ranked #83 of 162,254 published surnames · 85.06 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 250,898 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
5.02%
Black
0.21%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.65%
Hispanic
92.96%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.