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    The surname Cuevas

    A Spanish surname, carried by 43,701 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C120

    Cuevas: #790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cuevas #790, 43,701 people Cuevas: #790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cuevas #790, 43,701 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cuevas is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Cuevas.

    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 43,701 people named Cuevas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,065 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,015.

    #790
    rank among US surnames
    43,701
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.5%
    change since 2000 (was #993)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #781Barr44,1306,996
    #782David44,0407,011
    #783Dejesus44,0387,011
    #784Marin43,9047,032
    #785Berger43,8517,041
    #786McIntyre43,8427,042
    #787Blankenship43,8307,044

    Who is named Cuevas

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

    90% of people named Cuevas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cuevass

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Inma Cuevas
      Actress, born 1977
    • Mauricio Cuevas
      American soccer player, born 2003
    • Juan Cuevas
      Argentine footballer, born 1988

    Notable Cuevass come mostly from Spain (1), the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cuevas

    Cuevas has the Soundex code C120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C120.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cuevas come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Cuevas.
    How common is the surname Cuevas?
    43,701 people in the United States had the surname Cuevas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,065 Americans. It ranked 790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cuevas?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Cuevas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cuevas?
    Inma Cuevas, actress, followed by Mauricio Cuevas.
    Where is the surname Cuevas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cuevas in Spain, the United States and Argentina.
    Is the surname Cuevas getting more or less common?
    More common. 32,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,701 in 2010, up 37%.