The Cuevas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 43,701 people carried this name — #790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,750 people counted. That is up 37% from 32,015 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cuevas surname
From cuevas (plural of cueva (“cave”)).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cuevas» (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 25,600 people named Cuevas 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
196 people named Cuevas live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 179 people named Cuevas.
Most of them — 102 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Cuevas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julián Zarco-Bacas 1887–1936 · historian -
Luis Alberto Cuevas Contreras 1896–1973 · lawyer -
Tomasa Cuevas 1917–2007 · writer -
Manuel Cuevas 1933– · fashion designer -
Jose Luis Cuevas 1934–2017 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 184 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cuevas.
- Cucco 313 · U.S. census
- Cuellar 22,324 · U.S. census
- Cuello 1,673 · U.S. census
- Cuenca 3,381 · U.S. census
- Cuenin 109 · U.S. census
- Cuesta 2,520 · U.S. census
- Cuff 3,022 · U.S. census
- Cuffel 129 · U.S. census
- Cugno 259 · U.S. census
- Cully 1,337 · U.S. census
- Cunat 118 · U.S. census
- Cuneo 2,244 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cuevas is.
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