Show ContentsCubero History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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

Early Origins of the Cubero family

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

Early History of the Cubero family

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

Cubero 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 Cubero family

Prominent among members of the family

  • Other 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 fo...


United States Cubero migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cubero Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Juan Cubero, aged 25, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1833 1
  • Pedro Cubero, who landed in America in 1835 1
  • Rafael Cubero, aged 44, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1855 1
  • Antonio Maria Cubero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1875 1
  • Luis Cubero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1877 1
Cubero Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Manuel Cubero, aged 37, who landed in America, in 1917
  • Juan Cubero, aged 32, who landed in America, in 1919
  • Miguel Cubero, aged 35, who landed in America from Sevilla, in 1919
  • Juan Cubero, aged 36, who immigrated to America from Zalamanca, Spain, in 1920
  • Jose Cubero, aged 29, who immigrated to the United States, in 1920
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Cubero (post 1700) +

  • Captain Linda Garcia Cubero (b. 1958), American former United States Air Force officer, member of the first class of women to graduate from the United States Air Force Academy, the first Hispanic woman to graduate from any service academy
  • Ruben A. Cubero (b. 1939), United States Air Force brigadier general, first Hispanic graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to be named Dean of the Faculty
  • Captain Linda Garcia Cubero (b. 1958), first Hispanic woman to graduate from any U.S. military service academy
  • José Álvarez Cubero (1768-1827), Spanish sculptor in the neoclassical style
  • Jose "El Yiyo" Cubero (1964-1985), Spanish bullfighter who was gored to death
  • José María Movilla Cubero (b. 1975), Spanish footballer
  • Jhonny Cubero Quesada (b. 1976), Costa Rican professional footballer
  • Vicente Aguilar Cubero (1808-1861), Costa Rican politician, Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice
  • José Miguel Cubero (b. 1987), Costa Rican footballer
  • Fabián Cubero (b. 1978), Argentine footballer
  • ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  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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