Surname Spotlight: Cabeza

Cabeza turns up in national name statistics on both sides of the Atlantic. Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Cabeza, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records. A family Bible, a parish register or an emigration record often gives the first firm date for a Cabeza ancestor.

Spain's INE counts 10,321 residents with Cabeza as first surname and 10,889 with it as second. French civil records give 189 births under the name Cabeza from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970.

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Cabeza family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. For the full story, order the Cabeza surname pack.