The Cavanna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 308 people carried this name — #64,559 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 294 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cavanna surname
Topographic surname from the noun capanna (“shelter, hut”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cavanna» (Italian), 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 627 people named Cavanna 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 389 people named Cavanna.
121 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Cavanna live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Cavanna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Biagio Cavanna 1893–1961 · sport cyclist -
Biagio Cavanna 1893–1961 · sport cyclist
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Elise Cavanna 1902–1963 · actor -
Giuseppe Cavanna 1905–1976 · association football coach -
Giuseppe Cavanna Chávez d. 2017
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Guelfo Cavanna 1850–1920 · zoologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cavanna.
- Cavallero 577 · U.S. census
- Cavalli 776 · U.S. census
- Cavallin 189 · U.S. census
- Cavallini 365 · U.S. census
- Cavallo 3,438 · U.S. census
- Cavan 601 · U.S. census
- Cave 8,389 · U.S. census
- Cavero 600 · U.S. census
- Cavey 856 · U.S. census
- Caviglia 215 · U.S. census
- Cavin 3,307 · U.S. census
- Caye 333 · U.S. census
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