Show ContentsCabeza History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The origins the old family name Cabeza 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 Cabeza family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Cabeza was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant.

Early Origins of the Cabeza family

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

Early History of the Cabeza family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cabeza 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 Cabeza History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cabeza 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 Cabeza family

Prominent among members of the family Francisco Cevallos, Spanish composer, active from 1535 to 1572 and was canon and musical director of the cathedral at Burgos. Among his compositions scattered throughout Spain, may be mentioned a fine mass in the church 'Del Pilar' at Saragossa, and a motet 'Inter vestibulum' in Eslava's Lira Sacra Hispaña. 1Other early notables include: Pedro Rodríguez Cubero (1656-1704), a Spanish admiral, Governor of New Mexico between 1697 and 1703; Pedro Cubero Sebastián (1645-c.1697), a Spanish priest, best known for his travel around the world from 1670 to 1679.Fermín Caballero y Morgáez (1800-1876) was a Spanish geographer...
Another 110 words (8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cabeza Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.


United States Cabeza migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cabeza Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Francisco Cabeza, who arrived in New Spain in 1834 2
  • Pedro Cabeza, who arrived in Peru in 1834 2
  • Juan Cabeza, who landed in Rio de la Plata in 1835 2
  • Antonio Cabeza, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 2
  • Catalina Cabeza, who landed in New Spain in 1876 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Cabeza (post 1700) +

  • Estrella Cabeza Candela (b. 1987), Spanish professional tennis player, ranked World Number 95 (2013)


  1. Grove, Sir George, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (AD. 1450-1889) London: Macmillan1902, Print, 2 Vols
  2. 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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