# Caballero (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/caballero/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 28,903 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,224 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,682 people |
| Change since 2000 | +43% (20,270 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish caballero, originally an occupational surname for a knight.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Caballero in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Caballero in Argentina and the United States.

## People named Caballero

- Willy Caballero, Argentine association football player
- Steve Caballero, American skateboarder
- Fabián Caballero, Argentine footballer (1978–2024)

## Similar surnames

Cavallaro, Cavalier, Cavaliere, Chevalier.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.