The Cueva surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,008 people carried this name — #8,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 28% from 3,122 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cueva surname

From cueva (“cave”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cueva» (Spanish), 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 5,263 people named Cueva 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 1,847
Córdoba 821
Santa Fe 521
City of Buenos Aires 467
Tucumán 448
Chaco 210
Santiago del Estero 203
Misiones 114

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

42 people named Cueva live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 16
Vaud 14
Geneva 8
Graubünden 4

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 20 people named Cueva.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Seine-et-Marne 3
Vienne 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Haute-Garonne 1
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1
Paris 1
Vendée 1
Essonne 1

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

In print

Cueva in American newspapers,
1857.

Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Cueva
New-york Daily Tribune 1857-10-28
Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Cueva
New-york Daily Tribune 1857-10-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,522 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cueva,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo
    Bartolomé de la Cueva y Toledo 1499–1562 · Catholic priest
  • Jerónimo de la Cueva d. 1558
  • Silvino Ramírez y Cueva 1866–1922 · Catholic priest
  • Jorge de la Cueva 1884–1958 · playwright
  • José de la Cueva 1887–1955 · playwright
  • Julio Cueva 1897–1975 · composer

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 Cueva,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States117 records

117 records of the Cueva name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 85
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Juan Cueva

    Born 1916 in Cuba. Enlisted 1942 at Springfield, Massachusetts; foreman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Paulino Cueva

    Born 1878 in Siero, Spain. Entered the United States at New York in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Llo Degario Cueva

    U.S. Navy veteran. Died 1946; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 117 records for Cueva 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France6 records

6 records of the Cueva name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Fabrice Cueva

    Born 1974 in Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne); died 1999 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louise Josephine Cueva

    Born 1922 in Algeria; died 1996 in Valence (Drôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alexandre Cueva

    Born 1919 in Spain; died 1998 in Fréjus (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Cueva in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Cueva.

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