# Cuba (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cuba/  
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 | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,955 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,090 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 157,926 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (1,516 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [ˈkjuː.bə], 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cuba 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) | 33% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cuba in Bolivia.

## People named Cuba

- Simeón Cuba-Sanabria, Bolivian-born Marxist, member of Che Guevara's ELN guerrilla movement (1935-1967)

## Similar surnames

Caba, Cueva, Cobb, Coffey, Cope, Chapa, Covey, Cave, Cupp, Coffee, Chaffee, 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.