Chavez
See also: Chávez
English
Etymology
From Spanish Chávez, variant of Chaves, from Galician Chaves (“Chaves in Portugual and its castle”), from chaves (“keys”).
Proper noun
Chavez
- A surname from Spanish.
- (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cha‧vez
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃabes/, [ˈt͡ʃa.bɛs]
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chavez is the 64th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 80,170 individuals.
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