Cáceres
A Spanish locational surname from the historic city of Cáceres in western Spain.
The #2,920 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 25,165 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Cáceres is a habitational surname for someone originally from the city of Cáceres in Extremadura, Spain. The place-name is ancient and is generally explained as going back through Latin into a much older pre-Roman form, though the exact earliest root is not certain. As with many Spanish surnames, the family name simply means “from Cáceres.”
History
The surname spread from Spain through migration to Latin America and other parts of the Spanish-speaking world. In modern records it is especially common in Spanish-speaking countries and among their diaspora, with the accented spelling Cáceres often preserved in Spanish. The unaccented form Caceres is also widely used where diacritics are dropped in official documents.
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Fun fact
Cáceres is both a surname and the name of a well-preserved historic city whose old quarter is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.