Cabeça Surname

704,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

Cabeça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cabeça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal2931:35,5572,167
Brazil761:2,816,76883,410
São Tomé and Príncipe241:7,393515
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Cabeca (647) are calculated separately.

Cabeça (15) may also be a first name.

Cabeça Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cabeça is found most in Portugal. It can be rendered as a variant: Cabeca. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cabeça? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 704,927th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. The surname Cabeça occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Cabeça are found; 71 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 71 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

This last name is most frequent in Portugal, where it is carried by 293 people, or 1 in 35,557. Beside Portugal Cabeça is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 18 percent live and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cabeca94647/
Cabeças92240/
Cabeçais861/
Cabeza8344,328/
Cabesa83386/
Cabeço8354/
Cabesas771,533/
Cabessa77198/
Cabeços7729/
Cabieza7722/
Cabezza7721/
Cabeção7719/
Cabesaz7717/
Cabesay773/
Cabiesa771/
Cahbiesa711/
Cabessas711/
Cabeções711/
Kabesa674,525/
Kabeza673,020/
Cabeso67244/
Cabezo67222/
Cabisa67172/
Caveza67159/
Cabiza67112/
Sabesa67100/
Cabeco6772/
Cabica6766/
Kabeca6719/
Cavesa677/
Sabeza674/
Qabeza672/
Jabesa672/
Qabesa672/
Cobesa672/
Cabêço671/
Cobiça671/
Kabexa671/
Zabesa671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cabeça
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