Show ContentsCabal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The origins the old family name Cabal can be found within medieval Spain. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in Spain, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Cabal family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Cabal was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant.

Early Origins of the Cabal family

The surname Cabal was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.

Early History of the Cabal family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cabal research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1176, 1535, 1560, 1572, 1644, 1645, 1656, 1670, 1679, 1697, 1703, 1704, 1707, 1740, 1800, 1816, 1829, 1839, 1862, 1876, 1880, 1886 and 1912 are included under the topic Early Cabal History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cabal Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Caballero, Caballeros, Caballer, Caballé, Caballe, Caballería, Caballeria, Caballo, Caballos, de Caballos, Cavallo, Cavallos, de Cavallos, Cavallón, Cavallon, de Cavallón, de Cavallon, Cavallero, Cavallería and many more.

Early Notables of the Cabal family

Prominent among members of the family

  • Fermín Caballero y Morgáez (1800-1876) was a Spanish geographer, journalist, writer, and liberal politician
  • Juan Caballero y Ocio (1644-1707), was a Mexican priest, remarkable for lavish gifts to the Church and for charity
  • José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero (1800-1862) was a Cuban scholar, "the father ... the silent founder" of Cuban intellectual life of the 19th century
  • Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas (1816-1876) was a Spanish general who was notable for his participation in the Ten Years' War and the Spanish Glorious Revolution
  • Bernardino Caballero de Añazco Melgarejo y Genes (1839-1912) was a Paraguayan military officer and politician, serving as a General during the Paraguayan War and later as President of Paraguay between...


United States Cabal migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cabal Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Barbara Cabal, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Cabal (post 1700) +

  • Merritt Cabal (b. 1977), American former model
  • Fermin Cabal (1948-2023), Peruvian footballer
  • Mariano Cabal (1830-1885), Governor of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina (1886 to 1871)
  • Juan Sebastián Cabal (b. 1986), Colombian professional tennis player


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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