# Cave (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,389 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,228 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,804 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (8,273 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /keɪv/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cave 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cave in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Cave

- Nick Cave, Australian musician and singer
- Jessie Cave, British actress
- Nick Cave, African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959)

## Similar surnames

Cape, Cabe, Cobb, Coffey, Cope, Chapa, Covey, Cupp, Coffee, Chaffee, Cueva, Copp.

## 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.