How Many People Have the Last Name Chavis?
people had the surname Chavis in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 19,881 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+1,100 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Chavis: 39.7% are non-Hispanic Black and 28.2% are non-Hispanic White. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Chavis grew from 13,744 people in 2000 to 14,844 in 2010 (up 8%), and its rank fell from #2,415 to #2,442. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.09 to 5.03 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 13,744 | 14,844 |
| Rank | #2,415 | #2,442 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.09 | 5.03 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Chavis
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Chavis: C120
👤 Chavis as a First Name
Chavis is a first name too: about 859 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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