Cabeza Surname
Approximately 44,328 people bear this surname
Cabeza Surname Definition:
Found in Leon, Galicia, Asturias, and Aragon. Name of villages near Badajoz, Salamanca, Plasencia, Astorga, Ávila, Seville, Huelva, and in other areas combined with other names. Derived from latin word "capitia" meaning head, principal, or chief, and also from the latin "cabo" or "capot" meaning cape, extremity or promonotory.
Read More About This SurnameCabeza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 12,172 | 1:2,481 | 410 |
| Spain | 10,931 | 1:4,277 | 526 |
| Colombia | 6,498 | 1:7,352 | 921 |
| Argentina | 3,574 | 1:11,960 | 1,105 |
| Chile | 2,164 | 1:8,141 | 796 |
| Ecuador | 2,039 | 1:7,801 | 1,262 |
| Peru | 1,233 | 1:25,778 | 2,790 |
| Philippines | 1,143 | 1:88,572 | 15,418 |
| United States | 1,012 | 1:358,161 | 31,966 |
| Mexico | 902 | 1:137,612 | 4,427 |
| Cuba | 834 | 1:13,816 | 1,024 |
| El Salvador | 548 | 1:11,576 | 726 |
| France | 254 | 1:261,507 | 40,317 |
| Uruguay | 239 | 1:14,359 | 1,628 |
| Panama | 233 | 1:16,791 | 1,209 |
| Brazil | 121 | 1:1,769,209 | 57,430 |
| Nicaragua | 95 | 1:63,380 | 1,562 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Guatemala | 56 | 1:287,190 | 4,402 |
| Puerto Rico | 52 | 1:68,272 | 1,339 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Andorra | 16 | 1:5,240 | 1,042 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Cabeza (59) may also be a first name.
Cabeza Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Leon, Galicia, Asturias, and Aragon. Name of villages near Badajoz, Salamanca, Plasencia, Astorga, Ávila, Seville, Huelva, and in other areas combined with other names. Derived from latin word "capitia" meaning head, principal, or chief, and also from the latin "cabo" or "capot" meaning cape, extremity or promonotory.
Castilian name.
See Cabeza de Baca.
User-submitted Reference
The Cabeza surname means 'head' in Spanish.
- brenotrooperCabeza Demographics
Average Cabeza Salary in
United States
$35,613 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cabeza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cabeza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cabeza is found most frequently in Venezuela. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Cabeza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cabeza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,660th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 164,401 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Cabeza live; 63 percent live in South America and 42 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 59 people.
Cabeza is most widespread in Venezuela, where it is carried by 12,172 people, or 1 in 2,481. In Venezuela Cabeza is most common in: Anzoátegui, where 16 percent live, Guárico, where 16 percent live and Monagas, where 12 percent live. Apart from Venezuela this last name occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 25 percent live and Colombia, where 15 percent live.
Cabeza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cabeza last name are 31.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.11% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cabeza earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 3.84% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,641 per year; in Colombia they earn 12.07% less than the national average, earning $19,963,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.47% less than the national average, earning $35,613 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.92% less than the national average, earning $41,278 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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