Cavazos
A Spanish-language surname most likely tied to a place name, especially one connected with caves or rocky hollows.
The #2,084 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 17,784 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Cavazos is a Spanish surname, and its form strongly suggests a place-name origin. It is likely related to the Spanish word cueva, meaning “cave,” ultimately from Latin cavea, “hollow” or “cave-like enclosure,” though the exact place-name pathway is not certain. Surnames of this type were often given to people from a village, estate, or landscape feature with that name.
History
The surname is especially well known in Spanish-speaking communities, and in the United States it is most often associated with families of Mexican or Mexican-American background. Like many Hispanic surnames, it probably spread through migration from Iberia to the Americas and then through regional family lines in northern Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. The exact original location behind the name is not firmly established in general reference works.
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Fun fact
In the 2010 U.S. Census, Cavazos was borne by more than 17,000 people, making it a fairly well-established surname in the United States.