Caballería Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cuba
Highest density in:
Cuba

Caballería Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from France. During the Spanish Reconquest, some knights from the neighboring country crossed the border to join the Catalans and Aragonese who fought against the Moors. It seems that, at first, the name was Cabanilles and so it appears in old documents of the Principality of Catalonia.

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Caballería Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cuba581:198,6684,225
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Caballeria (580) are calculated separately.

Caballería Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from France. During the Spanish Reconquest, some knights from the neighboring country crossed the border to join the Catalans and Aragonese who fought against the Moors. It seems that, at first, the name was Cabanilles and so it appears in old documents of the Principality of Catalonia. Then, with the passage of time and as it spread throughout Spain, it slightly changed, becoming in some cases Cabanillas, since the original Cabanilles has not disappeared either. There is news of a knight born in Catalonia called Pedro de Cabanilles who descended precisely from the French to which we have referred.

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Caballería Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Caballería Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Caballería is more frequently found in Cuba than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Caballeria. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Caballería? popularity and diffusion

The last name Caballería is the 2,352,516th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Caballería are found; 88 percent are found in Caribbean and 88 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean.

The last name is most numerous in Cuba, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 198,668. In Cuba it is primarily concentrated in: Camagüey Province, where 98 percent live and Havana, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Cuba it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 6 percent live and Chile, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Caballeria97580/
Caballerio803/
Caballereo802/
Cavalleria801/
Cabaillerie768/
Cabeleria741/
Cavallerio70150/
Cavallerie707/
Caballareo702/
Cavalerie63316/
Zabalerio63153/
Sabalerio6345/
Cavalerio631/
Cavalherio606/
Cavalherie606/
Cavailerie601/
Cavalheirio571/
Cavalirie531/
Zabalirio531/
Kabalireho502/
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