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The Cabrera surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 83,621 people carried this name — #376 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,530 people counted. That is up 46% from 57,171 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cabrera surname

Borrowed from Spanish Cabrera, from Catalan or Leonese.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cabrera» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 144,559 people named Cabrera 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 58,995
Córdoba 13,156
Santa Fe 11,755
City of Buenos Aires 7,803
Entre Ríos 6,538
Chaco 5,234
Tucumán 5,178
Misiones 4,826

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 751 people named Cabrera.

Most of them — 389 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Martinique.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 389
Martinique 57
Hauts-de-Seine 46
Guadeloupe 44
Aude 31
Essonne 23
Isère 22
Bouches-du-Rhône 21
Hérault 14

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

486 people named Cabrera live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 114
Zurich 102
Vaud 69
Bern 31
Aargau 22
Basel-Stadt 22
Ticino 21
Fribourg 17

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.

In print

Cabrera in American newspapers,
1805–1920.

Newspaper page from The Enquirer carrying the name Cabrera
The Enquirer 1805-06-04
Newspaper page from The Amulet carrying the name Cabrera
The Amulet 1841-01-19
Newspaper page from Evening Capital News carrying the name Cabrera
Evening Capital News 1912-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,698 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cabrera,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Andrés Cabrera
    Andrés Cabrera 1430–1511 · politician
  • Ramón Cabrera y Griñó
    Ramón Cabrera y Griñó 1806–1877 · comedian
  • Ladislao Cabrera
    Ladislao Cabrera 1830–1921 · lawyer
  • Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars
    Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars 1837–1916 · bishop
  • Concepción Cabrera de Armida
    Concepción Cabrera de Armida 1861–1937 · mystic

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 209 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Cabrera.

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