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.
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 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 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
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.
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Carlo Cava 1928–2018 · opera singer
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Daniella Levine Cava 1955– · lawyer -
Giuseppe Cava 1870–1940 · writer
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Michael P. Cava 1926–2010 · chemist
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Paul Cava 1949– · photographer
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María Jesús Cava 1949– · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cava.
- Cauchon 244 · U.S. census
- Caudron 103 · U.S. census
- Caudy 210 · U.S. census
- Causin 165 · U.S. census
- Cauvel 186 · U.S. census
- Cauvin 121 · U.S. census
- Cavaleri 383 · U.S. census
- Cavalier 3,285 · U.S. census
- Cavaliere 2,875 · U.S. census
- Cavalieri 723 · U.S. census
- Cavallari 139 · U.S. census
- Cavallaro 3,493 · U.S. census
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.
