The Chavarria surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,492 people carried this name — #1,953 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,900 people counted. That is up 41% from 13,093 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Chavarria surname
Borrowed from Spanish Chavarria, from Basque Txabarria.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chavarria» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,708 people named Chavarria live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Chavarria live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Chavarria.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Chavarria in American newspapers,
1898–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,345 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chavarria,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frances M. Chavarria 1906–2000
Wikidata (CC0) · 15 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Chavarria,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States488 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 389
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 59
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Apolonio ChavarriaBorn 1926 in California. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; farmer from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1952, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record John Marez ChavarriaBorn 1951; from Lamar, Colorado. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Miguel A. ChavarriaU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1946, died 1997; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 488 records for Chavarria in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France8 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francis ChavarriaBorn 1945 in Narbonne; died 2000 in Narbonne (Aude).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Madeleine Antoinette ChavarriaBorn 1910 in Paris; died 1994 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Emilio ChavarriaBorn 1904 in Spain; died 1993 in Montbéliard (Doubs).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 8 records for Chavarria in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chavarria.
- Chauvet 206 · U.S. census
- Chauvette 289 · U.S. census
- Chauvin 4,018 · U.S. census
- Chavanne 321 · U.S. census
- Chavannes 245 · U.S. census
- Chavarin 2,341 · U.S. census
- Chavas 107 · U.S. census
- Chave 245 · U.S. census
- Chavel 113 · U.S. census
- Chaves 8,137 · U.S. census
- Chavey 126 · U.S. census
- Chavez 250,898 · U.S. census
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