Cabrera Surname
Approximately 1,116,506 people bear this surname
Cabrera Surname Definition:
One who takes care of goats, a goat herd.
Comes from the latin "caprarius"—goat—and refers to the person who takes care of goats. Name of a small town in northeast of the Dominican Republic.
Ancient name found in Catalonia, Galicia, and Aragon.
Read More About This SurnameCabrera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 226,645 | 1:548 | 82 |
| Argentina | 113,902 | 1:375 | 35 |
| Cuba | 79,623 | 1:145 | 19 |
| Spain | 71,658 | 1:652 | 57 |
| United States | 70,604 | 1:5,134 | 581 |
| Philippines | 69,376 | 1:1,459 | 87 |
| Peru | 63,043 | 1:504 | 70 |
| Colombia | 57,184 | 1:835 | 178 |
| Paraguay | 54,993 | 1:132 | 21 |
| Dominican Republic | 49,009 | 1:213 | 40 |
| Ecuador | 46,008 | 1:346 | 44 |
| Venezuela | 39,467 | 1:765 | 147 |
| Chile | 32,519 | 1:542 | 118 |
| Guatemala | 28,554 | 1:563 | 101 |
| Bolivia | 23,854 | 1:445 | 84 |
| Uruguay | 22,660 | 1:151 | 14 |
| Honduras | 21,653 | 1:407 | 98 |
| El Salvador | 14,885 | 1:426 | 86 |
| Brazil | 7,325 | 1:29,225 | 1,253 |
| Nicaragua | 5,499 | 1:1,095 | 218 |
| Panama | 3,858 | 1:1,014 | 187 |
| France | 2,919 | 1:22,755 | 2,648 |
| Puerto Rico | 2,814 | 1:1,262 | 158 |
| Costa Rica | 2,244 | 1:2,130 | 282 |
| Canada | 1,211 | 1:30,426 | 3,974 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1,110 | 1:49 | 3 |
| Australia | 582 | 1:46,384 | 5,809 |
| England | 398 | 1:139,995 | 13,620 |
| Guam | 288 | 1:556 | 80 |
| Germany | 256 | 1:314,474 | 31,760 |
| Portugal | 217 | 1:48,010 | 2,732 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 171 | 1:7,976 | 1,161 |
| Italy | 169 | 1:361,874 | 42,317 |
| Thailand | 162 | 1:436,039 | 76,421 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Belize | 153 | 1:2,323 | 509 |
| Switzerland | 134 | 1:61,290 | 7,605 |
| Belgium | 104 | 1:110,545 | 16,500 |
| Netherlands | 94 | 1:179,651 | 25,733 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Sweden | 70 | 1:140,668 | 9,936 |
| Andorra | 68 | 1:1,233 | 212 |
| Taiwan | 51 | 1:459,701 | 3,496 |
| Japan | 45 | 1:2,840,984 | 32,386 |
| Ireland | 42 | 1:112,118 | 5,755 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| Denmark | 31 | 1:182,088 | 15,299 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Czechia | 26 | 1:408,980 | 46,580 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 1:45,427 | 166 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Hong Kong | 14 | 1:523,963 | 3,360 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 1:409,992 | 9,090 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Dominica | 6 | 1:12,648 | 426 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Cyprus | 5 | 1:176,975 | 8,389 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1:9,087,190 | 7,315 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Angola | 2 | 1:13,494,607 | 11,780 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1:13,510,346 | 23,679 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
The alternate forms: Cabréra (5) & Çabrera (1) are calculated separately.
Cabrera (695) may also be a first name.
Cabrera Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who takes care of goats, a goat herd.
Comes from the latin "caprarius"—goat—and refers to the person who takes care of goats. Name of a small town in northeast of the Dominican Republic.
Ancient name found in Catalonia, Galicia, and Aragon. Village named Cabreira located near Tuy. Derived from latin "caprarius" - a goat herd, or keeper of goats.
Galician family descended from knight Sancho (el Velloso) born in 978 and natural son of don Ramiro III of Leon. One branch established in Catalonia and another in Cordoba during Reconquest.
See Cabral.
User-submitted Reference
Cabrera is a Spanish surname, which comes from the feminine form of cabrero, meaning 'goatherd'.
- bella833A Spanish female version of Cabrero, meaning 'goatherd'.
- vanesitaCabrera Demographics
Average Male Cabrera Height
172.04 cm
Average Female Cabrera Height
160.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cabrera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cabrera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cabrera (Arabic: كابريرا) is found in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Cabréra or Çabrera. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cabrera? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 469th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,527 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Cabrera live; 41 percent live in South America and 20 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 313,557th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 695 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 226,645 people, or 1 in 548. In Mexico it is primarily found in: México, where 12 percent live, Puebla, where 9 percent live and Mexico City, where 8 percent live. Other than Mexico this surname exists in 136 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 10 percent live and Cuba, where 7 percent live.
Cabrera Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cabrera has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cabrera surname expanded 112,070 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 4,975 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cabrera Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cabrera surname are 42.49% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.72% being registered with the political party.
The amount Cabrera earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 73.19% less than the national average, earning €8,052 per year; in Norway they earn 3.18% less than the national average, earning 335,088 kr per year; in Peru they earn 0.72% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,246 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.47% less than the national average, earning $20,779,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.73% less than the national average, earning $37,655 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.43% less than the national average, earning $48,971 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cabrera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cabrera in the Arabic language | ||
| كابريرا | kabryra | - |
| كبريرا | kbryra | - |
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Cabrera Reference & Research
Cabrera DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Cabrera FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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