The Chavira surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,573 people carried this name — #4,135 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,400 people counted. That is up 32% from 6,507 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Chavira surname

Variant of Chavarria.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chavira» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Chavira in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Chavira
La Prensa 1920-01-20
Newspaper page from Belen News carrying the name Chavira
Belen News 1920-07-22
Newspaper page from Belen News carrying the name Chavira
Belen News 1920-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 582 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Chavira,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ignacio Chavira 1936–1994 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chavira,
in the records of the United States.

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 States309 records

309 records of the Chavira name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 254
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 29
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 22
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Abelardo B. Chavira

    Born 1921 in Arizona. Enlisted 1942 at Phoenix; telegraph messenger. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George E. Chavira

    Born 1931; from Valencia County, New Mexico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jose Chavira

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1974; buried at Fort Bayard National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 309 records for Chavira 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

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