Cavazos

surname · Latin script

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

/ˈkævəˌzoʊs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cavazos is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Cavazos. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

rarermore common
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 5.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 19K
  • NLNetherlands≈1 in 7.8K

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.

United States (measured from records)

17,361 people, 2010

Sources
320 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Guatemala, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

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

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cavazos 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 Cavazos is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—17,3611 in 19K17KCavazos320
CN China—≈14,000 est.≈1 in 103K—Cavazos3
GT Guatemala#559≈3,200 est.≈1 in 5.3K—Cavazos4
NL Netherlands—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 7.8K—Cavazos6
CA Canada—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 19K—Cavazos18
LA Laos—≈290 est.≈1 in 26K—Cavazos3

17,361 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Lauro Cavazos, b. 1927Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, b. 1955Ruben Cavazos, b. 1956Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe, b. 1962Luis Xavier, b. 1963Lumi Cavazos, b. 1968Silverio Cavazos, b. 1968Andy Cavazos, b. 1981Tina Cavazos, b. 1984Julia Michaels, b. 1993

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Cavazos,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Cavazos
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201017K#2,084
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202017K#2,060
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200015K#2,290
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cavazos mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Cavazos. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Cavazos?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkævəˌzoʊs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Cavazos have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 17 thousand people named Cavazos, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cavazos.
How common is the name Cavazos?
In the United States, the national register counted 17,361 people named Cavazos in 2010, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
How common is Cavazos compared with other names?
In Guatemala, Cavazos is the 559th most common surname of 54,341 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, “Cavazos” — the 559th most common surname in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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