Show ContentsCabero History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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

Early Origins of the Cabero family

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

Early History of the Cabero family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cabero research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1176, 1535, 1572, 1645, 1656, 1670, 1679, 1697, 1703 and 1704 are included under the topic Early Cabero History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cabero 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 Cabero 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. [1]Other early notables include: Pedro Rodríguez Cubero (1656-1704), a Spanish admiral, Governor of New Mexico between 1697 and 1703; Pedro...
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United States Cabero migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cabero Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Andres Cabero, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1858 [2]
  • Antonio Cabero, who arrived in Peru in 1892 [2]


  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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