Cava surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cava surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 877 people carried this name — #27,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 855 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 526 people named Cava 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 300
City of Buenos Aires 142
Santa Fe 22
Río Negro 19
Córdoba 12
Neuquén 11
Jujuy 10
Mendoza 10

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 96 people named Cava.

28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 28
Bouches-du-Rhône 32
Rhône 9
Hérault 7
Guadeloupe 7
Calvados 5
Paris 3
Vaucluse 2
Nord 1

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

Who carried it

People named Cava,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlo Cava
    Carlo Cava 1928–2018 · opera singer
  • Daniella Levine Cava
    Daniella Levine Cava 1955– · lawyer
  • Giuseppe Cava 1870–1940 · writer
  • Michael P. Cava 1926–2010 · chemist
  • Paul Cava 1949– · photographer
  • María Jesús Cava 1949– · historian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Cava is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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