The Cavazos surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,361 people carried this name — #2,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,000 people counted. That is up 19% from 14,543 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cavazos surname

Borrowed from Spanish Cavazos. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

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

In print

Cavazos in American newspapers,
1857–1924.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Cavazos
Evening Star 1857-05-23
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Cavazos
El Tucsonense 1924-05-01
Newspaper page from El Nuevo Mexicano carrying the name Cavazos
El Nuevo Mexicano 1916-02-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,974 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cavazos,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lauro Cavazos
    Lauro Cavazos 1927–2022 · politician
  • Silverio Cavazos 1968–2010 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cavazos,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States683 records

683 records of the Cavazos name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 479
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 131
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rogerio /R Cavazos

    Born 1913 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at San Antonio; salesperson from Cameron County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Buena Vista Burial Park, Brownsville, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Martin Cavazos

    Born 1944; from Sebastian, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Rogelio Cavazos

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. Born 1937, died 1973; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 683 records for Cavazos in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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