The Cabo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 368 people carried this name — #55,741 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 341 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 990 people named Cabo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Cabo.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 82 people named Cabo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Cabo live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cabo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Cabo Pastor 1872–1973 · writer -
Francisco Javier Cabo 1768–1832 · composer
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Vicente Cabo Rodríguez 1856–
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Luis Cabo Giorla 1903–1975 · politician
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Ángel Cabo Alonso 1922–2016 · geographer
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Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo 1932–2019 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cabo.
- Cabel 263 · U.S. census
- Cabello 5,358 · U.S. census
- Cabeza 924 · U.S. census
- Cabezas 2,909 · U.S. census
- Cabin 108 · U.S. census
- Cable 9,545 · U.S. census
- Cabot 1,430 · U.S. census
- Cabral 23,128 · U.S. census
- Cabrera 83,621 · U.S. census
- Cabrero 306 · U.S. census
- Cabrol 106 · U.S. census
- Cabus 175 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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