Explore the Family Name Cubas

The meaning of Cubas

Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places in the provinces of Cuenca, Madrid, and Cantabria, or in Portugal, named Cubas, from the plural of cuba ‘barrel’. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Armando, Cesar, Francisco, Jorge, Manuel, Mario, Ramon, Raul, Roberto, Alberto, Alfonso.

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How common is the last name Cubas in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname "Cubas" has seen a significant increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 26,215th in popularity with a count of 877 instances. However, by 2010, the rank had increased to 18,793rd with a count of 1,458, marking a substantial growth of 66.25 percent. Furthermore, the proportion of the surname per 100,000 people also saw an increase of 48.48 percent from 0.33 to 0.49 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,215	#18,793	28.31%
Count	877	1,458	66.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.49	48.48%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cubas

When analyzing the ethnic identity associated with the surname "Cubas," the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that it is overwhelmingly identified as Hispanic. In 2000, 91.11 percent of those with the surname identified as Hispanic, and this percentage rose slightly to 93.00 percent by 2010. While there were small percentages of individuals who identified as White or Black in 2000, these numbers decreased by 2010. The percentages of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero throughout the decade. The percentage identifying with two or more races also dropped from 1.03 to 0 by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	91.11%	93%	2.07%
White	6.16%	5.97%	-3.08%
Black	1.37%	0.62%	-54.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.03%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%