# Cabrera (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cabrera/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 83,621 |
| US rank (2010) | 376 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,692 people |
| Change since 2000 | +46% (57,171 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cabrera, from Catalan or Leonese.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cabrera 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) | 4.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 91% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cabrera in Argentina, the United States, Bolivia, Australia, Cuba and Colombia.

## People named Cabrera

- Delfo Cabrera, Argentine athlete (1919–1981)
- Ryan Cabrera, American musician
- René Cabrera, Bolivian footballer
- Lizette Cabrera, Australian female tennis player
- Lydia Cabrera, Afro-Cuban anthropologist (1899-1991)
- Víctor Cabrera, Argentine footballer
- Mario Cabrera, Argentine footballer
- Ángel Lulio Cabrera, Argentine botanist and phytogeographer (1908-1999)
- Orlando Cabrera, baseball player
- Diego Cabrera, bolivian footballer
- Enzo Cabrera, association football player
- Alexa Bliss, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Cebreros.

## 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.