How common is the surname Cuba?

1,955 people in the United States had the surname Cuba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. It ranked 15,090th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cuba?

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

Where is the surname Cuba most common?

Wikidata records people named Cuba in Bolivia.

How do you pronounce Cuba?

Cuba is [ˈkjuː.bə], 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cuba getting more or less common?

More common. 1,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,955 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Cuba

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,955 people in the United States.

Pronounced [ˈkjuː.bə] 2 syllables Soundex C100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuba is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

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 1,955 people named Cuba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,516.

#15,090

rank among US surnames

1,955

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+29%

change since 2000 (was #17,214)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,090	Palombo	1,955	157,926
#15,099	Schaible	1,954	158,007

Who is named Cuba

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

52% of people named Cuba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 52%
White (not Hispanic) 33%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Cubas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cuba

Cuba has the Soundex code C100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C100.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cuba come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.
How common is the surname Cuba?: 1,955 people in the United States had the surname Cuba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. It ranked 15,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cuba?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Cuba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cuba?: Simeón Cuba-Sanabria, Bolivian-born Marxist, member of Che Guevara's ELN guerrilla movement (1935-1967).
Where is the surname Cuba most common?: Wikidata records people named Cuba in Bolivia.
How do you pronounce Cuba?: Cuba is [ˈkjuː.bə], 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cuba getting more or less common?: More common. 1,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,955 in 2010, up 29%.