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    The surname Caballero

    A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 28,903 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C146

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caballero is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

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

    Caballero is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 28,903 people named Caballero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,682 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,270.

    #1,224
    rank among US surnames
    28,903
    people in 2010
    9.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,620)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,215Mobley29,06510,623
    #1,216Kessler29,06410,623
    #1,217Ritchie29,04010,632
    #1,219Romano29,01810,640
    #1,220O'Neil28,94910,665
    #1,221Tyson28,94710,666
    #1,222Bui28,91910,676

    Who is named Caballero

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    89% of people named Caballero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Caballeros

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Willy Caballero
      Argentine association football player, born 1981
    • Steve Caballero
      American skateboarder, born 1964
    • Fabián Caballero
      Argentine footballer (1978–2024)

    Notable Caballeros come mostly from Argentina (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caballero

    Caballero has the Soundex code C146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C146.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Caballero come from?
    From Spanish caballero, originally an occupational surname for a knight.
    How common is the surname Caballero?
    28,903 people in the United States had the surname Caballero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,682 Americans. It ranked 1,224th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caballero?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Caballero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Caballero?
    Willy Caballero, Argentine association football player, followed by Steve Caballero.
    Where is the surname Caballero most common?
    Wikidata records people named Caballero in Argentina and the United States.
    What type of surname is Caballero?
    Caballero is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Caballero getting more or less common?
    More common. 20,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,903 in 2010, up 43%.