| ![Show Contents]() Caba History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain The origins the old family name Caba 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 Caba family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Caba was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant. Early Origins of the Caba familyThe surname Caba was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain. Early History of the Caba familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Caba 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 Caba History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Caba Spelling VariationsSpelling 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 Caba familyProminent 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...
Caba RankingIn the United States, the name Caba is the 17,014th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Caba migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Caba Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Miguel Caba, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1872 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Caba (post 1700) | + |
- Rubén Caba, Spanish novelist and essayist from Madrid
- Julia Gutiérrez Caba (b. 1934), Spanish theatre and film actress
- Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (b. 1942), Spanish film and television actor
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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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Caba migration to the United States 
