# Cavazos (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cavazos/  
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) | 17,361 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,084 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,784 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (14,543 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cavasos |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cavazos 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) | 6.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cavazos in the United States.

## People named Cavazos

- Lauro Cavazos, American educator; George H. W. Bush administration cabinet member (1927–2022)
- Julia Michaels, American singer-songwriter (born 1993)

## Similar surnames

Cabezas.

## 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.