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

The Cavaliere surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,875 people carried this name — #11,057 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 39% from 2,063 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 337 people named Cavaliere 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 239
City of Buenos Aires 98

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

257 people named Cavaliere live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 70
Vaud 48
Ticino 46
Geneva 18
Thurgau 18
Solothurn 13
Aargau 11
Bern 8

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 233 people named Cavaliere.

105 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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 105
Bouches-du-Rhône 42
Seine-Saint-Denis 13
Moselle 12
Alpes-Maritimes 10
Paris 9
Var 8
Gers 7
Haut-Rhin 5

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 50 people named Cavaliere 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

Hainaut 27
Limburg 16
Antwerp 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Cavaliere in American newspapers,
1899–1907.

Newspaper page from Nord Stern carrying the name Cavaliere
Nord Stern 1907-08-30
Newspaper page from The Winslow Mail carrying the name Cavaliere
The Winslow Mail 1900-05-17
Newspaper page from Willmar Tribune carrying the name Cavaliere
Willmar Tribune 1899-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,244 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cavaliere,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alberto Cavaliere
    Alberto Cavaliere 1897–1967 · poet
  • Alberto Cavaliere
    Alberto Cavaliere 1897–1967 · poet
  • Nicholas Cavaliere
    Nicholas Cavaliere 1899–1995 · cinematographer
  • Paul Cavalier d. 1993 · boxing referee
  • Francesco Cavaliere 1589–1637 · Catholic priest
  • Giuseppe Cavaliere 1822–1899 · Catholic priest

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

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