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.
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Cabeza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cabeza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cabeza occurs in Venezuela more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Cabeza.
How Common Is The Last Name Cabeza? popularity and diffusion
Cabeza is the 12,660th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 164,401 people. Cabeza occurs mostly 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 widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 59 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 12,172 people, or 1 in 2,481. In Venezuela it is primarily concentrated in: Anzoátegui, where 16 percent are found, Guárico, where 16 percent are found and Monagas, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Venezuela Cabeza exists in 54 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 25 percent are found and Colombia, where 15 percent are found.
Cabeza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cabeza last name are 31.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.11% being registered to vote for the political 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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