Chivas

surname · Latin script

Meaning: feminine plural of chivo

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈʃivəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Chivas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 459K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 485K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

119 people, 2010

Sources
112 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 459K (inferred from the name graph)

Australia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

feminine plural of chivo

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Chivas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Chivas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1191 in 2.8M139Chivas112
FR France≈60 est.≈1 in 1.1M2—1
ZA South Africa≈56 est.≈1 in 1M—Chivas2
AU Australia≈55 est.≈1 in 459K—Chivas37
GB United Kingdom≈36 est.≈1 in 1.8MlistedChivas21
CA Canada≈28 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Chivas10
SG Singapore≈13 est.≈1 in 485K—Chivas4

119 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the bbc-pronouncing-dictionary-british-names register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Chivas is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Mexico, Bolivia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Chivás, Chivàs, Chívas

  • Vietnamese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Vietnam

    Also written Chiva'S

  • a separate surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Çhîvåš, Chịvas

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Chivás

  • Hindi name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Chivás, Chivàs

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Çĥivâŝ

  • German surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany

    Also written Čhïvaeş, Chivás, Čhïväş

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Chivas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010119#140,157
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19416—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19615—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19714—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19813—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19313—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19213—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18913—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19912—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19512—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19011—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Chivas mean, and where does it come from?
feminine plural of chivo Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Chivas?
A machine transcription gives /ˈʃivəs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Chivas have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 119 people named Chivas, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chivas.
How common is the name Chivas?
In the United States, the national register counted 119 people named Chivas in 2010, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chivas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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