Surname Chave (Yabi 
, Chave 
, Xave 
) , worldwide, is quite a common last name. The surname Chave is characteristic of Benin, where it is quite a rare surname, Switzerland, and France. Likewise, Chave is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Yabi | Nigeria, France, Indonesia, India, Benin |
| Chave | Switzerland, France, India, Brazil, Mozambique |
| Xave | Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Indonesia, United States, Brazil |
| Sabí | Spain |
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andré chave French landowner and real estate developer, FR (b. 1799) |
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kotti chave Swedish actor, SE (b. 1911) |
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| ebba fredrika chave actor (b. 1883) |
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| chave charles nainby-luxmoore (1892-1984) (b. 1892) |
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| ernest j. chave (b. 1886) |
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| alfred cecil chave (1905-1971) tennis administrator, broadcaster and fruit merchant (b. 1905) |
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| alphonse chave FR (b. 1907) |
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| robert chave (b. 1924) |
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| claude chave French politician, FR (b. 1943) |
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| bernard chave FR (b. 1957) |
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| frédérique chave French politician, FR (b. 1971) |
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| isabelle chave French archivist and historian, FR (b. 1973) |
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| sylvain chave French geographer (1976-), FR (b. 1976) |
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| samuel chave British Royal Navy officer, lieutenant in 1815 |
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| jérôme chave researcher |
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