Last name: CHAVIS
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CHAVIS : This last name is indexed 7,923 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CHAVIS : 1: Altered form of Chavers a surname of Irish and English origin. The surname Chavis is most common among African Americans. It is also characteristic of the Tuscarora and Lumbee Native American tribes of NC and is also associated with the Pee Dee Indians.2: Hispanic: altered form of Portuguese or Spanish Chaves.3: Jewish (from Ukraine): metronymic from the female personal name Khave the Yiddish form of the Biblical Eve. It is formed with the Yiddish possessive suffix -s.
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