Explore the Family Name La Cava

The meaning of La Cava

Italian (also Lacava) and in some cases also Hispanic (mainly Lacava): variant of Cava, with the addition of the definite article la. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Carmine, Rocco, Salvatore, Antonio, Domenic, Gaetano, Luigi, Marco, Santina, Saverio. Spanish Cesar, Gonzalo, Mario, Oswaldo, Salvador.

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How common is the last name La Cava in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname La Cava had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010, moving from rank 22,132 to 22,216, which is a change of -0.38 percent. In terms of count, however, there was an increase, moving from 1,090 individuals with the surname in 2000 to 1,161 in 2010 – a 6.51 percent rise. The proportion per 100,000 people decreased slightly by -2.5 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,132	#22,216	-0.38%
Count	1,090	1,161	6.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.39	-2.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name La Cava

Regarding ethnicity, census data shows that the majority of individuals with the La Cava surname identified as White, although this percentage decreased from 95.23 percent in 2000 to 92.59 percent in 2010. There was an increase in those identifying as Hispanic, from 3.39 percent in 2000 to 5.60 percent in 2010. Additionally, there was a significant increase in those identifying with two or more races, from 0.46 percent in 2000 to 0.86 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander remained at 0.60 percent in 2010, and those identifying as Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native were both zero. This data is based on the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.23%	92.59%	-2.77%
Hispanic	3.39%	5.6%	65.19%
Two or More Races	0.46%	0.86%	86.96%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.6%	0%
Black	0.46%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%