Last Name CHAVIS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Portuguese

Rank	2,415 (2000 US census)	2,265 (1990 US census)

Count	13,744 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

29.72%, or 4085 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
40.18%, or 5522 total occurrences, as black,
0.34%, or 47 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
23.36%, or 3211 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
3.08%, or 423 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.31%, or 455 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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