Cábrera
surname · Latin script
Cábrera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 35th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
- PYParaguay≈1 in 155(inferred from the name graph)
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 202
- ECEcuador1 in 248
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- #363 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 466 (measured from records)
- 1 in 62 (inferred from the name graph)
144,559 people
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cabrera in AR Argentina, US United States, PY Paraguay and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Cited for this meaning 6
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Cábrera counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #35 | 144,559 | 1 in 315 | 145K | Cabrera | 146 |
| US United States | #929 | 83,621 | 1 in 4K | 86K | Cabrera | 466 |
| PH Philippines | #114 | ≈77,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Cabrera | 125 |
| ES Spain | #56 | 72,206 | 1 in 693 | 72K | Cabrera | 217 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 68,146 | 1 in 248 | 68K | Cabrera | 102 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 55,000 | 1 in 62 | 55K | — | 107 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #25 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 202 | — | Cabrera | 96 |
| PY Paraguay | #21 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 155 | — | Cabrera | 71 |
144,559 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cábrera mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Cábrera have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 145 thousand people named Cábrera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cabrera.
- Where is Cábrera most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cábrera is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 62 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Cábrera?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 144,559 people named Cábrera, about 1 in 315 residents.
- How common is Cábrera compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Cábrera is the 35th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cábrera” — the 35th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.