Cabréra

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Cabréra 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 .

rarermore common
  • 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)

144,559 people

#363 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
466 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 62 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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 .

Sources 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)

Cabréra 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.

Where Cabréra is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#35144,5591 in 315145KCabrera146
US United States#92983,6211 in 4K86KCabrera466
PH Philippines#114≈77,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Cabrera125
ES Spain#5672,2061 in 69372KCabrera217
EC Ecuador—68,1461 in 24868KCabrera102
UY Uruguay—55,0001 in 6255K—107
DO Dominican Republic#25≈52,000 est.≈1 in 202—Cabrera96
PY Paraguay#21≈46,000 est.≈1 in 155—Cabrera71

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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cabréra is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Peru

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Cabrera, Cäbrërä, Cäbrerä, Cäbrêrä, Cabřeřa

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Cabrera

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Cabréra under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cabréra 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 Cabréra have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 145 thousand people named Cabréra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cabrera.
Where is Cabréra most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cabréra is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 62 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Cabréra?
In Argentina, the national register counted 144,559 people named Cabréra, about 1 in 315 residents.
How common is Cabréra compared with other names?
In Argentina, Cabréra 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, “Cabréra” — the 35th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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